Shloka 5

धृतराष्ट्रस्य उपालम्भः तथा पाण्डव-समाश्वासनम् | Dhṛtarāṣṭra Reproved and the Pāṇḍavas Consoled

Devanagari script

स गज्जमनु वृन्दानि स्त्रीणां भरतसत्तम । कुररीणामिवार्तानां क्रोशन्तीनां ददर्श ह,भरतश्रेष्ठ! गंगातटपर पहुँचकर युधिष्ठिरने कुररीकी तरह आर्तस्वरसे विलाप करती हुई स्त्रियोंके कई दल देखे

Transliteration

sa gajjam anu vṛndāni strīṇāṃ bharatasattama | kurarīṇām ivārtānāṃ krośantīnāṃ dadarśa ha ||

Translation

Vaiśampāyana said: O best of the Bharatas, he saw groups of women wailing aloud—crying out in anguish like distressed ospreys—lamenting in piercing voices. The scene underscores the human cost of war: the battlefield’s aftermath is measured not only in fallen warriors but in the grief borne by those left behind.

Word by Word

सःhe (Yudhiṣṭhira)

गज्यम्a loud cry/roar

अनुafter, along, following

वृन्दानिgroups, clusters

स्त्रीणाम्of women

भरतसत्तमO best of the Bharatas

कुररीणाम्of ospreys (kurarī-birds)

इवlike, as

आर्तानाम्of the distressed/afflicted

क्रोशन्तीनाम्of (those) crying out/wailing

ददर्शsaw

हindeed (emphatic particle)

भरतश्रेष्ठO best of the Bharatas

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

Bharatas (Kuru lineage)

women (striyaḥ)

kurarī (osprey/fish-hawk)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Geographic Context

Sandhi Notes