Shloka 4

Strī-parva Adhyāya 22 — Gāndhārī’s Battlefield Lament for the Fallen (Āvantya, Bāhlika, Jayadratha, and Duḥśalā)

Devanagari script

शयानं वीरशयने शूरमाक्रन्दकारिणम्‌ | आवन्त्यमभितो नार्यो रुदत्य: पर्युपासते,भयानक मारकाट मचानेवाले इस शूरवीर अवन्तीनरेशको वीरशय्यापर सोया हुआ देख उसकी स्त्रियाँ रोती हुई उसे सब ओरसे घेरकर बैठी हैं

Transliteration

śayānaṃ vīraśayane śūram ākrandakāriṇam | āvantyam abhito nāryo rudatyaḥ paryupāsate ||

Translation

Vaiśampāyana said: Seeing the Avanti king—this valiant warrior—lying upon the hero’s bed, a cause of lamentation, his womenfolk sit around him on every side, weeping.

Word by Word

• शयानम्: lying, reclining
• शयानम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शय (धातु) → शयान (कृदन्त)
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• वीरशयने: on the hero’s bed (war-bed)
• वीरशयने: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: वीर-शयन
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• शूरम्: the hero, the brave man
• शूरम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: शूर
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• आक्रन्दकारिणम्: causing lamentation/crying
• आक्रन्दकारिणम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: आ-क्रन्द (धातु) → आक्रन्द + कारिन् (कृदन्त/प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• आवन्त्यम्: the Avanti king / man of Avanti
• आवन्त्यम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: आवन्त्य (अवन्ति-देशीय/अवन्ति-नृप)
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• अभितः: all around
• अभितः: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अभितः

• नार्यः: women, wives
• नार्यः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: नारी
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Plural

• रुदत्यः: weeping
• रुदत्यः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: रुद् (धातु) → रुदत् (शतृ-कृदन्त)
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Plural

• पर्युपासते: sit around, attend upon
• Type: Verb
• Root: परि-उप-आस् (धातु)
• Form: Present, Third, Plural, Ātmanepada

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Avanti (Āvantya, the Avanti king)
• vīraśayana (hero’s bed/deathbed)
• nāryaḥ (womenfolk of the Avanti king)