Shloka 11

स्त्रीपर्व — गान्धारीविलापः

Strī Parva — Gāndhārī’s Lament over the Fallen

Devanagari script

चित्रसेनं हतं भूमौ शयानं मधुसूदन । धार्तराष्ट्रमिमं पश्य प्रतिमानं धनुष्मताम्‌,मधुसूदन! देखो, जो धनुर्धरोंका आदर्श था, वही यह धृतराष्ट्रका पुत्र चित्रसेन मारा जाकर पृथ्वीपर पड़ा हुआ है

Transliteration

Citrasenaṁ hataṁ bhūmau śayānaṁ Madhusūdana | Dhārtarāṣṭram imaṁ paśya pratimānaṁ dhanuṣmatām ||

Translation

Vaiśampāyana said: “O Madhusūdana, behold Citrasena—Dhṛtarāṣṭra’s son—slain and lying upon the earth. Look upon him who once stood as a model among archers; war lays low even those famed for prowess.”

Word by Word

• चित्रसेनम्: Chitrasena
• चित्रसेनम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: चित्रसेन
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• हतम्: slain
• हतम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: हन्
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• भूमौ: on the ground
• भूमौ: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: भूमि
• Form: Feminine, Locative, Singular

• शयानम्: lying (down)
• शयानम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शी
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• मधुसूदन: O Madhusudana (Krishna)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मधुसूदन
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• धार्तराष्ट्रम्: son of Dhritarashtra
• धार्तराष्ट्रम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: धार्तराष्ट्र
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• इमम्: this
• इमम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम्
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• पश्य: see
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश्
• Form: Imperative, Second, Singular

• प्रतिमानम्: standard; exemplar
• प्रतिमानम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रतिमान
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• धनुष्मताम्: of the bowmen
• धनुष्मताम्: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: धनुष्मत्
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Plural

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Madhusūdana (Kṛṣṇa)
• Citrasena
• Dhṛtarāṣṭra
• Earth/ground (bhūmi)
• Bow/archery (dhanus, dhanuṣmat)