Shloka 7

स्त्रीपर्व १: धृतराष्ट्रशोकः संजयाश्वासनं च

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

Devanagari script

निर्जनेयं वसुमती शून्या सम्प्रति केवला । नानादिग्भ्य: समागम्य नानादेश्या नराधिपा:

Transliteration

nirjaneyam vasumatī śūnyā samprati kevalā | nānādighbhyaḥ samāgamya nānādeśyā narādhipāḥ ||

Translation

Vaiśampāyana said: “This earth has become deserted—now utterly empty and void. Yet kings, coming together from many directions and belonging to many different lands, have assembled.”

Word by Word

• निर्जना: deserted, without people
• निर्जना: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: निर्जन
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• इयं: this
• इयं: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम्
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• वसुमती: the earth
• वसुमती: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: वसुमती
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• शून्या: empty
• शून्या: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शून्य
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• सम्प्रति: now, at present
• सम्प्रति: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सम्प्रति

• केवला: alone, merely
• केवला: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: केवल
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• नाना: various, many
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नाना

• दिग्भ्यः: from (different) directions
• दिग्भ्यः: Apadana
• Type: Noun
• Root: दिश्
• Form: Feminine, Ablative, Plural

• समागम्य: having come together, assembling
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्-आ-गम्
• Form: ल्यप् (absolutive/gerund), Parasmaipada (usage-neutral here)

• नाना: various, many
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नाना

• देश्याः: belonging to different countries/regions
• देश्याः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: देश्य
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• नराधिपाः: kings, rulers of men
• नराधिपाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: नराधिप
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Vasumatī (Earth)
• Narādhipāḥ (kings)