Shloka 11

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

Devanagari script

अभावादीनि भूतानि भावमध्यानि भारत । अभावनिधनान्येव तत्र का परिदेवना,“भरतनन्दन! सभी प्राणी जन्मसे पहले अव्यक्त थे, बीचमें व्यक्त हुए और अन्तमें मृत्युके बाद फिर अव्यक्त ही हो जायँगे, ऐसी दशामें उनोके लिये शोक करनेकी क्या बात है?

Transliteration

abhāvādīni bhūtāni bhāvamadhyāni bhārata | abhāvanidhanāny eva tatra kā paridevanā ||

Translation

Vaiśampāyana said: “O Bhārata, all beings begin in the unmanifest, as non-being; in the middle they appear as manifest existence; and in the end they return again to the unmanifest. Since this is their fixed course, what ground is there for lamentation?”

Word by Word

अभावात्from non-existence / from the unmanifest

एवindeed, only

आदीनिhaving as beginning

भूतानिbeings, creatures

भावmanifestation, existence

मध्यानिhaving as middle

भारतO Bharata

अभावnon-existence / unmanifest state

निधनानिhaving death/end as (their) conclusion

एवindeed, only

तत्रtherein, in that case

काwhat (kind of)?

परिदेवनाlamentation, grieving

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

Bhārata (addressee, a Kuru descendant)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Sandhi Notes