Mahabharata 11.2.10 — Stree Parva, Adhyaya 2, Shloka 10

Strī Parva, Adhyāya 2 — Vidura’s Consolation on Kāla, Karma, and the Limits of Lamentation (विदुरोपदेशः)

Devanagari script

एक्सरार्थप्रयातानां सर्वेषां तत्र गमिनाम्‌ | यस्य काल: प्रयात्यग्रे तत्र का परिदेवना

Translation

Vidura dice: «Quienes han llegado juntos al viaje de este mundo, todos un día habrán de ir allá (al más allá). Entre ellos, aquel a quien el Tiempo alcanza primero, parte primero. Siendo así, ¿qué hay que lamentar?»

Word by Word

• अक्षरार्थप्रयातानाम्: of those who have set out for the imperishable goal/meaning
• अक्षरार्थप्रयातानाम्: Sambandha
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अक्षरार्थप्रयात (अक्षर + अर्थ + प्रयात)
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Plural

• सर्वेषाम्: of all
• सर्वेषाम्: Sambandha
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Genitive, Plural

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र

• गमिनाम्: of the goers/travellers
• गमिनाम्: Sambandha
• Type: Noun
• Root: गमिन्
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Plural

• यस्य: whose
• यस्य: Sambandha
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Genitive, Singular

• कालः: time (appointed time/death-time)
• कालः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: काल
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• प्रयाति: goes/comes to pass; arrives
• Type: Verb
• Root: या (प्र + या)
• Form: Present, 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• अग्रे: in front/first
• अग्रे: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अग्र

• तत्र: there/then
• तत्र: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र

• का: what?
• का: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: किम्
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• परिदेवना: lamentation/grief
• परिदेवना: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: परिदेवना
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

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