Shloka 37

Devanagari script

नूनं लक्ष्मणमातापि हतपुत्रा हतेश्वरा

Transliteration

nūnaṃ lakṣmaṇamātāpi hataputrā hateśvarā

Translation

Sañjaya dit : «Assurément la mère de Lakṣmaṇa aussi —privée de son fils et son seigneur tué— a été terrassée par le chagrin.»

Word by Word

• नूनम्: surely, indeed
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नूनम्

• लक्ष्मणमाता: Lakshmana's mother
• लक्ष्मणमाता: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: लक्ष्मण-मातृ
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• अपि: also, even
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि

• हतपुत्रा: whose son is slain (bereft of her son)
• हतपुत्रा: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: हत-पुत्र
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• हतेश्वरा: whose lord/master is slain (widowed)
• हतेश्वरा: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: हत-ईश्वर
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Lakṣmaṇa
• Lakṣmaṇa’s mother

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights the ethical cost of war: victory and heroism are shadowed by the suffering of innocents—especially mothers and wives—whose lives are shattered by the deaths of sons and husbands. It implicitly warns that violence multiplies grief far beyond the combatants.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya, narrating events to Dhṛtarāṣṭra, reflects on the likely fate of Lakṣmaṇa’s mother, describing her as doubly afflicted—her son slain and her husband (lord) slain—suggesting she has succumbed or is overwhelmed by sorrow in the aftermath of battlefield deaths.