Shloka 36

स्त्रीपर्व — अध्याय १५: गान्धारी-युधिष्ठिर-संवादः

Gandhārī’s Confrontation and Consolation of Yudhiṣṭhira

Devanagari script

अन्वशोचत दुःखार्ता द्रौपदी च हृतात्मजाम्‌ | रुदतीमथ पाज्चालीं ददर्श पतितां भुवि

Transliteration

anvaśocat duḥkhārtā draupadī ca hṛtātmajām | rudatīm atha pāñcālīṃ dadarśa patitāṃ bhuvi

Translation

Vaiśampāyana said: Draupadī, stricken with grief, lamented for the woman bereft of her sons. Then she saw the Pāñcālī woman fallen upon the ground, weeping—an image of war’s aftermath, where even the righteous must face unbearable loss and answer it with compassion amid ruin.

Word by Word

• अन्वशोचत: lamented, grieved after
• Type: Verb
• Root: अनु + शुच्
• Form: लङ् (Imperfect), परस्मैपद, 3, Singular

• दुःखार्ता: afflicted with sorrow
• दुःखार्ता: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दुःख + आर्त (आृ + क्त)
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• द्रौपदी: Draupadi
• द्रौपदी: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्रौपदी
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

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

• हृतात्मजाम्: her whose sons were taken away (bereft of sons)
• हृतात्मजाम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: हृत (हृ + क्त) + आत्मज
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• रुदतीम्: weeping
• रुदतीम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: रुद् + शतृ (वर्तमाने)
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• अथ: then
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथ

• पाञ्चालीम्: Panchali (Draupadi)
• पाञ्चालीम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाञ्चाली
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• ददर्श: saw
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश्
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), परस्मैपद, 3, Singular

• पतिताम्: fallen
• पतिताम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पतित (पत् + क्त)
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• भुवि: on the ground
• भुवि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: भू (स्त्री. ‘भूमि’/‘भुव्’)
• Form: Feminine, Locative, Singular

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Draupadī (Pāñcālī)
• the bereft mother (hṛtātmajā; unnamed in this verse)
• earth/ground (bhū)