Shloka 16

Gāndhārī’s Lament and the Identification of Duḥśāsana (स्त्रीपर्व, अध्याय १८)

Devanagari script

ईर्षूणां मम पुत्राणां वासुदेवावरोधनम्‌ । मत्तमातड्डदर्पाणां पश्यन्त्यद्य पृथग्जना:,वासुदेव! मतवाले हाथीके समान घमंडमें चूर रहनेवाले मेरे ईर्ष्यालु पुत्रोंकी इन रानियोंको आज साधारण लोग देख रहे हैं

Transliteration

īrṣūṇāṃ mama putrāṇāṃ vāsudevāvarodhanam | mattamātaṅgadarpāṇāṃ paśyanty adya pṛthagjanāḥ ||

Translation

Vaiśampāyana said: “Today the common people behold these women—once kept in confinement by my sons out of jealousy toward Vāsudeva—those sons who, swollen with the pride of intoxicated elephants, have now been brought low.”

Word by Word

ईर्षूणाम्of the jealous (ones)

ममof me / my

पुत्राणाम्of (my) sons

वासुदेवO Vāsudeva

अवरोधनम्confinement / seclusion / imprisonment

मत्तof the intoxicated (ones)

मातङ्गof elephants

दर्पाणाम्of the proud/arrogant (ones)

पश्यन्तिthey see

अद्यtoday / now

पृथक्separately / distinctly

जनाःpeople

वासुदेवO Vāsudeva

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

Vāsudeva (Kṛṣṇa)

the sons (Kauravas/Dhṛtarāṣṭra’s sons implied)

the women/queens (Kaurava women implied)

pṛthagjanāḥ (common people)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Geographic Context

Sandhi Notes