Shloka 3
Svargārohaṇa-parva Adhyāya 2 — Yudhiṣṭhira’s Inquiry for His Kin and the Vision of a Punitive Realm
Devanagari script
क्व ते महारथा: सर्वे शार्ट्लसमविक्रमा: । तैरप्ययं जितो लोक: कच्चित् पुरुषसत्तमै:,जिन महारथियोंने समराग्निमें अपने शरीरोंकी आहुति दे दी, जो राजा और राजकुमार रणभूमिमें मेरे लिये मारे गये वे सिंहके समान पराक्रमी समस्त महारथी वीर कहाँ हैं? क्या उन पुरुषप्रवर वीरोंने भी इस स्वर्गलोकपर विजय पायी है?
Transliteration
yudhiṣṭhira uvāca |
kva te mahārathāḥ sarve śārḍūlasamavikramāḥ |
tair apy ayaṃ jito lokaḥ kaccit puruṣasattamaiḥ ||
Translation
Yudhiṣṭhira said: “Where are all those great chariot-warriors now, whose valor was like that of tigers? Have those best of men—who offered their bodies into the fire of battle—also conquered this heavenly world?”
Word by Word
क्वwhere?
क्व:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootक्व
तेthose (of yours/you all), they
ते:
Karta
TypePronoun
Rootयुष्मद्
Formmasculine, nominative, plural
महारथाःgreat chariot-warriors
महारथाः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootमहारथ
Formmasculine, nominative, plural
सर्वेall
सर्वे:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootसर्व
Formmasculine, nominative, plural
शार्दूलसमविक्रमाःwhose prowess equals a tiger’s
शार्दूलसमविक्रमाः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootशार्दूल-सम-विक्रम
Formmasculine, nominative, plural
तैःby them
तैः:
Karana
TypePronoun
Rootतद्
Formmasculine/neuter, instrumental, plural
अपिalso/even
अपि:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअपि
अयम्this
अयम्:
Karta
TypePronoun
Rootइदम्
Formmasculine, nominative, singular
जितःconquered/won
जितः:
TypeVerb
Rootजि
Formक्त (past passive participle), masculine, nominative, singular
लोकःworld (realm)
लोकः:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootलोक
Formmasculine, nominative, singular
कच्चित्I hope/indeed? (interrogative particle)
कच्चित्:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootकच्चित्
पुरुषसत्तमैःby the best of men
पुरुषसत्तमैः:
Karana
TypeNoun
Rootपुरुषसत्तम
Formmasculine, instrumental, plural
Speaker
युधिछिर उवाच
Characters & Entities
Y
YudhiṣṭhiraM
mahārathas (great warriors)S
svarga-loka (heavenly world)Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)
Geographic Context
Sandhi Notes