Shloka 13

Strī Parva, Adhyāya 2 — Vidura’s Consolation on Kāla, Karma, and the Limits of Lamentation (विदुरोपदेशः)

Devanagari script

अदर्शनादापतिताः: पुनश्चादर्शनं गता: । नैते तव न तेषां त्वं तत्र का परिदेवना,ये अदृश्य जगत्‌से आये थे और पुन: अदृश्य जगतमें ही चले गये हैं। ये न तो आपके थे और न आप ही इनके हैं। फिर यहाँ शोक करनेका क्‍या कारण है?

Transliteration

adarśanād āpatitāḥ punaś cādarśanaṃ gatāḥ | naite tava na teṣāṃ tvaṃ tatra kā paridevanā ||

Translation

Vidura said: “They have come forth from the unseen and have again gone back into the unseen. They were not truly yours, nor are you truly theirs. In that case, what reason is there here for lamentation?”

Word by Word

अदर्शनात्from invisibility / from non-seeing

आपतिताःhaving come/arrived (fallen upon)

पुनःagain

चand

अदर्शनम्invisibility / non-seeing

गताःgone

नnot

एतेthese

तवof you / your

नnot

तेषाम्of them

त्वम्you

तत्रthere / in that matter

काwhat (kind of)?

परिदेवनाlamentation / grieving

Speaker

विदुर उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vidura

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Geographic Context

Sandhi Notes