Shloka 24

Yudhiṣṭhira’s Lament for Karṇa and Renunciation-Oriented Self-Assessment (शोक-प्रलापः / त्याग-प्रवृत्तिः)

Devanagari script

न सकामा वयं ते च न चास्माभिरनन तैर्जितम्‌ न तैर्भुक्तेयमवनिर्न नायों गीतवादितम्‌,इस युद्धसे न तो हमारी कामना सफल हुई और न वे कौरव ही सफलमनोरथ हुए। न हमारी जीत हुई, न उनकी। उन्होंने न तो इस पृथ्वीका उपभोग किया, न स्त्रियोंका सुख देखा और न गीतवाद्यका ही आनन्द लिया

Translation

Yudhiṣṭhira said: “By this war, neither our desires were fulfilled nor were the Kauravas’ hopes brought to fruition. Neither did we truly win, nor did they. They did not come to enjoy this earth, nor the pleasures of women, nor the delight of song and music.”

Word by Word

नnot

सकामाsuccessful in desire / having desires fulfilled

वयम्we

तेthey (those)

चand

नnot

चand

अस्माभिःby us

अननAnana (proper name) / (uncertain reading)

तैःby them

जितम्won / conquered

नnot

तैःby them

भुक्ताenjoyed / possessed

इयम्this

अवनिḥearth

नnot

नnor

आयःgain / enjoyment (uncertain reading)

गीतsong

वादितम्music played / instrumental music

Speaker

युधिछिर उवाच

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Cross References

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes