Shloka 17

स्त्रीपर्व १: धृतराष्ट्रशोकः संजयाश्वासनं च

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

Devanagari script

न स्मराम्यात्मन: किंचित्‌ पुरा संजय दुष्कृतम्‌

Transliteration

na smarāmy ātmanaḥ kiñcit purā sañjaya duṣkṛtam

Translation

Dhṛtarāṣṭra said: “Sañjaya, I do not recall that in earlier times I ever committed any wrongdoing of my own.”

Word by Word

• न: not
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न

• स्मरामि: I remember
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्मृ
• Form: Lat (Present Indicative), 1st, Singular, Parasmaipada

• आत्मनः: of myself
• Type: Noun
• Root: आत्मन्
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• किंचित्: anything (at all), something
• किंचित्: Karma
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: किंचित्

• पुरा: formerly, earlier
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पुरा

• संजय: O Sañjaya
• Type: Noun
• Root: संजय
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• दुष्कृतम्: wrongdoing, evil deed
• दुष्कृतम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: दुष्कृत
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

Speaker

धृतराष्ट उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Dhṛtarāṣṭra
• Sañjaya