Shloka 30

अश्रमवासिनां विषादः — Lament in Hastināpura after the Elders’ Forest Withdrawal

Devanagari script

का नु तेषां गतिर्ब्रह्यन्‌ मित्रार्थे ये हता मूृथे

Transliteration

kā nu teṣāṃ gatir brahman mitrārthe ye hatā mṛdhe

Translation

Vaiśampāyana dit : «Ô brahmane, quel destin échoit à ceux qui furent tués au combat pour l’amour d’un ami ?»

Word by Word

• का: what (which)
• का: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: किम्
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• नु: indeed/then (interrogative particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नु

• तेषाम्: of them
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Genitive, Plural

• गतिः: fate/destination
• गतिः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: गति
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• ब्रह्मन्: O Brahmin (sage)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्मन्
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• मित्रार्थे: for a friend's sake / in the cause of a friend
• मित्रार्थे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: मित्रार्थ
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• ये: who (those who)
• ये: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• हताः: killed/slain
• Type: Verb
• Root: हन्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• मृथे: in battle
• मृथे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: मृध
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• brahman (addressed Brahmin/sage)
• mitra (friend)