Shloka 19

Adhyāya 17 — Gandhārī’s Vilāpa at Duryodhana’s Body (स्त्रीपर्व, अध्याय १७)

Devanagari script

एष दुर्योधन: शेते महेष्वासो महाबल: । शार्टूल इव सिंहेन भीमसेनेन पातितः,'सिंहके मारे हुए दूसरे सिंहके समान भीमसेनके हाथों मारा गया यह महाबली महाथनुर्धर दुर्योधन सो रहा है

Transliteration

eṣa duryodhanaḥ śete maheṣvāso mahābalaḥ | śārṭūla iva siṃhena bhīmasenena pātitaḥ ||

Translation

Vaiśampāyana said: “Here lies Duryodhana—mighty in strength and a great archer—felled by Bhīmasena, like a tiger brought down by a lion.”

Word by Word

• एषः: this (man)
• एषः: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: एतद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• दुर्योधनः: Duryodhana
• दुर्योधनः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: दुर्योधन
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• शेते: lies (is lying)
• Type: Verb
• Root: शी (शयने)
• Form: Present (Lat), Third, Singular, Atmanepada

• महेष्वासः: great bowman
• महेष्वासः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महेष्वास
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• महाबलः: very strong, mighty
• महाबलः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महाबल
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• शार्दूलः: a tiger
• शार्दूलः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: शार्दूल
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• इव: like, as
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इव

• सिंहेन: by a lion
• सिंहेन: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: सिंह
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• भीमसेनेन: by Bhimasena
• भीमसेनेन: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: भीमसेन
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• पातितः: felled, struck down
• Type: Verb
• Root: पत् (पतन)
• Form: Past passive participle (क्त), Masculine, Nominative, Singular, Passive

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Duryodhana
• Bhīmasena
• tiger (śārṭūla)
• lion (siṃha)