Shloka 16

स्त्रीपर्व १: धृतराष्ट्रशोकः संजयाश्वासनं च

Strī Parva 1: Dhṛtarāṣṭra’s Lament and Saṃjaya’s Consolation

Devanagari script

दुःशासनवधं श्रुत्वा कर्णस्य च विपर्ययम्‌

Transliteration

duḥśāsanavadhaṃ śrutvā karṇasya ca viparyayam

Translation

Dhṛtarāṣṭra said: “Having heard of Duḥśāsana’s slaying, and also of Karṇa’s disastrous reversal of fortune, …”

Word by Word

• दुःशासन-वधम्: the killing of Duhshasana
• दुःशासन-वधम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: दुःशासन (प्रातिपदिक) + वध (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• श्रुत्वा: having heard
• Type: Verb
• Root: श्रु (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वा (absolutive/gerund), Parasmaipada (usage-neutral here)

• कर्णस्य: of Karna
• Type: Noun
• Root: कर्ण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• विपर्ययम्: the calamity/reversal (misfortune)
• विपर्ययम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: विपर्यय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

Speaker

धृतराष्ट उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Dhṛtarāṣṭra
• Duḥśāsana
• Karṇa