Shloka 6

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

Devanagari script

याच्यमानेन सततं तव पुत्रेण भारत | घातिता पृथिवी सर्वा वैरस्यान्तं विधित्सता,भारत! आपके पुत्रसे सब लोगोंने सदा शान्तिके लिये याचना की, तो भी उसने वैरका अन्त करनेकी इच्छासे सारे भूमण्डलका विनाश करा दिया

Transliteration

yācyamānena satataṃ tava putreṇa bhārata | ghātitā pṛthivī sarvā vairasyāntaṃ vidhitsatā ||

Translation

Sañjaya said: “O Bhārata, though your son was continually entreated for peace, he—intent on bringing the feud to its ‘end’—caused the destruction of the whole earth.”

Word by Word

• याच्यमानेन: by (him) being entreated / while being begged
• याच्यमानेन: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: याच्यमान (याच् धातु, शानच् कृदन्त)
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Instrumental, Singular

• सततम्: always, continually
• सततम्: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सतत

• तव: of you, your
• तव: Sambandha
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद्
• Form: —, Genitive, Singular

• पुत्रेण: by (your) son
• पुत्रेण: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुत्र
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• भारत: O Bharata
• भारत: Sambodhana
• Type: Noun (proper/vocative)
• Root: भारत
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• घातिता: was caused to be slain/destroyed
• घातिता: Karma
• Type: Verb (passive causative participle)
• Root: घातित (हन् धातु, णिच् + क्त कृदन्त)
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• पृथिवी: the earth
• पृथिवी: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: पृथिवी
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• सर्वा: entire, all
• सर्वा: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• वैरस्य: of enmity
• वैरस्य: Sambandha
• Type: Noun
• Root: वैर
• Form: Neuter, Genitive, Singular

• अन्तम्: end
• अन्तम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: अन्त
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• विधित्सता: by (him) wishing/intending to accomplish
• विधित्सता: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विधित्सत् (धा धातु; desiderative of वि-धा, शतृ कृदन्त)
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Instrumental, Singular

• भारत: O Bharata
• भारत: Sambodhana
• Type: Noun (proper/vocative)
• Root: भारत
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Dhṛtarāṣṭra (addressed as Bhārata)
• Duryodhana (implied by 'your son')
• Pṛthivī (the earth/world)