Shloka 23

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

Devanagari script

तामेवाद्य महाबाहो पश्याम्यन्यानुशासिताम्‌ | हीनां हस्तिगवाश्वेन कि नु जीवामि माधव,“महाबाहु माधव! आज उसी पृथ्वीको मैं देखती हूँ कि वह दूसरेके शासनमें जाकर हाथी, घोड़े और गाय-बैलोंसे हीन हो गयी है; फिर मैं किसलिये जीवन धारण करूँ?

Transliteration

tām evādya mahābāho paśyāmy anyānuśāsitām | hīnāṃ hastigavāśvena ki nu jīvāmi mādhava |

Translation

“O mighty-armed Mādhava, today I see that very Earth—now ruled under another’s command—has been stripped of elephants, cattle, and horses. For what reason, then, should I continue to live?”

Word by Word

ताम्her/that (f.)

एवindeed/just

अद्यtoday/now

महाबाहोO mighty-armed one

पश्यामिI see

अन्यby another

अनुशासिताम्ruled/controlled (being governed)

हीनाम्deprived/lacking

हस्तिby/with an elephant

गवby/with cattle (cow/ox)

अश्वेनby/with a horse

किम्what/why

नुindeed/then (interrogative particle)

जीवामिdo I live / should I live

माधवO Mādhava (Krishna)

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Mādhava (Kṛṣṇa)

Earth (Pṛthivī)

elephants

cattle (cows/oxen)

horses

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Geographic Context

Sandhi Notes