Shloka 29

Devanagari script

एवंविधं बहु तदा विलपन्तीं महानदीम्‌

Transliteration

evaṃvidhaṃ bahu tadā vilapantīṃ mahānadīm

Translation

Vaiśampāyana dit : « Alors, le grand fleuve se lamentait longuement de la sorte, déversant maintes paroles de douleur. »

Word by Word

• एवंविधम्: of such a kind; like this
• एवंविधम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: एवंविध
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• बहु: much; greatly
• बहु: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: बहु
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• तदा: then
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तदा

• विलपन्तीम्: lamenting; wailing
• विलपन्तीम्: Karma
• Type: Verb
• Root: वि + लप्
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular, शतृ (present active participle), Present (vartamana)

• महानदीम्: the great river
• महानदीम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: महानदी
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• mahānadī (a great river)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse underscores how profound suffering can be voiced through sustained lamentation, implicitly pointing to the ethical weight of actions whose consequences ripple through the world—so that even nature (a great river) is portrayed as grieving.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśampāyana continues the narration by describing a scene in which a great river is personified and depicted as lamenting extensively, indicating an ongoing episode of sorrow being recounted.