Shloka 10

स्त्रीपर्व — नवमोऽध्यायः | Dhṛtarāṣṭra summons the Kuru women; the city departs in collective lamentation

Devanagari script

उत्तिष्ठ राजन्‌ कि शेषे मा शुचो भरतर्षभ | एषा वै सर्वसत्त्वानां लोकेश्वर परा गति:,“राजन्‌! उठिये, क्‍यों सो रहे हैं? भरतश्रेष्ठ] शोक न कीजिये। लोकनाथ! समस्त प्राणियोंकी यही अन्तिम गति है

Transliteration

uttiṣṭha rājan ki śeṣe mā śuco bharatarṣabha | eṣā vai sarvasattvānāṁ lokeśvara parā gatiḥ ||

Translation

“Rise, O King—why do you lie thus? Do not grieve, O bull among the Bharatas. O Lord of the world, this indeed is the final course appointed for all living beings.”

Word by Word

• उत्तिष्ठ: rise up
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्था (उत् + स्था)
• Form: लोट् (imperative), 2, singular, परस्मैपद

• राजन्: O king
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजन्
• Form: masculine, vocative, singular

• किम्: why/what
• किम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: किम्
• Form: neuter, accusative, singular

• शेषे: you lie/sleep
• Type: Verb
• Root: शी (शेते)
• Form: लट् (present indicative), 2, singular, आत्मनेपद

• मा: do not
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: मा

• शुचः: grieve
• Type: Verb
• Root: शुच्
• Form: लोट् (imperative) / prohibitive with मा, 2, singular, परस्मैपद

• भरतर्षभ: O bull among the Bharatas
• Type: Noun
• Root: भरत-ऋषभ
• Form: masculine, vocative, singular

• एषा: this (she/this)
• एषा: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: एतद्
• Form: feminine, nominative, singular

• वै: indeed
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वै

• सर्वसत्त्वानाम्: of all beings
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व-सत्त्व
• Form: neuter, genitive, plural

• लोकेश्वर: O lord of the world
• Type: Noun
• Root: लोक-ईश्वर
• Form: masculine, vocative, singular

• परा: highest/ultimate
• Type: Adjective
• Root: परा
• Form: feminine, nominative, singular

• गतिः: end/destination
• गतिः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: गति
• Form: feminine, nominative, singular

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• King (rājan)
• Bharatarṣabha (epithet of the king)
• Lokeśvara (honorific address)