Shloka 28

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

Devanagari script

एतावानिह संवासो विहितस्ते मया सह । षण्मासान्‌ सप्तमे मासि त्वं वीर निधनं गत:,“वीर! इस लोकमें तो मेरे साथ आपका कुल छः: महीनोंतक ही सहवास रहा है। सातवें महीनेमें ही आप वीरगतिको प्राप्त हो गये”

Transliteration

etāvān iha saṁvāso vihitas te mayā saha | ṣaṇmāsān saptame māsi tvaṁ vīra nidhanaṁ gataḥ ||

Translation

Vaiśampāyana said: “So much, and no more, was the life of companionship ordained for you with me in this world—only six months. In the seventh month, O hero, you met your end, attaining the hero’s death.”

Word by Word

एतावान्so much/this much

इहhere, in this world

संवासःcohabitation, living together

विहितःordained, arranged

तेfor you/to you

मयाby me

सहtogether with

षण्मासान्six months (duration)

सप्तमेin the seventh

मासिmonth

त्वम्you

वीरO hero

निधनम्death, end

गतःgone, attained

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Geographic Context

Sandhi Notes