Shloka 186

स्त्रीपर्व १: धृतराष्ट्रशोकः संजयाश्वासनं च

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

Devanagari script

येन मां दुःखभागेषु धाता कर्मसु युक्तवान्‌ । अवश्य ही मैंने पूर्वजन्मोंमें कोई ऐसा महान्‌ पाप किया है, जिससे विधाताने मुझे इन दुःखमय कर्मोंमें नियुक्त कर दिया है

Transliteration

yena māṃ duḥkhabhāgeṣu dhātā karmasu yuktavān | avaśya hi mayā pūrvajanmasu ko 'pi tādṛśo mahān pāpaḥ kṛtaḥ, yena vidhātā māṃ etaiḥ duḥkhamayaiḥ karmabhiḥ niyuktavān |

Translation

Dhṛtarāṣṭra said: “There must be some deed by which the Ordainer has bound me to a share of sorrow. Surely, in former births I committed some great sin; therefore the Disposer has appointed me to these painful courses of action.”

Word by Word

• येन: by which/whereby
• येन: Karana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Instrumental, Singular

• माम्: me
• माम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: —, Accusative, Singular

• दुःखभागेषु: in (these) shares/portions of sorrow; in sorrowful lots
• दुःखभागेषु: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: दुःखभाग
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Plural

• धाता: the Ordainer/Creator (Fate)
• धाता: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: धातृ
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• कर्मसु: in actions/deeds
• कर्मसु: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: कर्मन्
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Plural

• युक्तवान्: has appointed/has yoked/has engaged
• युक्तवान्: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: युज्
• Form: क्तवतुँ (past active participle), Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

धृतराष्ट उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Dhṛtarāṣṭra
• Dhātā (the Ordainer/Creator)
• Vidhātā (the Disposer/Fate)