Shloka 21

अभिमन्युविलापः (Abhimanyu-vilāpa) — Uttarā’s lament, observed and framed by Gandhārī

Devanagari script

“आपको युद्धस्थलमें बहुत-से महारथियोंद्वारा मारा गया देख आपके पिता पुरुषसिंह वीर पाण्डव अर्जुन कैसे जी रहे हैं?

Transliteration

yuddhasthale bahubhir mahārathair hataṁ tvāṁ dṛṣṭvā tava pitā puruṣasiṁhaḥ vīraḥ pāṇḍavaḥ arjunaḥ kathaṁ jīvati?

Translation

Seeing you slain on the battlefield by many great chariot-warriors, how does your father—Arjuna, the heroic Pāṇḍava, lion among men—still continue to live?

Word by Word

• युद्धस्थले: in the battlefield
• युद्धस्थले: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: युद्धस्थल
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• बहु: by many
• बहु: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: बहु
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

• महारथैः: by great chariot-warriors
• महारथैः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: महारथ
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

• हतम्: killed
• हतम्: Karma
• Type: Verb
• Root: हन्
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• दृष्ट्वा: having seen
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश्
• Form: Absolutive (Gerund)

• ते: your
• ते: Sambandha
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: त्वद्
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• पिता: father
• पिता: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: पितृ
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• पुरुषसिंहः: lion among men
• पुरुषसिंहः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुरुषसिंह
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• वीरः: heroic
• वीरः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वीर
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• पाण्डवः: the Pandava
• पाण्डवः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाण्डव
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• अर्जुनः: Arjuna
• अर्जुनः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: अर्जुन
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• कथम्: how
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: कथम्

• जीवन्ति: live / are living
• Type: Verb
• Root: जीव्
• Form: Present, Third, Plural

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Arjuna
• Pāṇḍava(s)
• mahāratha(s)
• battlefield (yuddhasthala)