Shloka 19

Devanagari script

विप्रणष्टां श्रियं चैषामाहर्ता पुनरज्जसा । नास्य जेता रणे कश्चिदजेता नैष कस्यचित्‌

Transliteration

Vaiśaṃpāyana uvāca: vipraṇaṣṭāṃ śriyaṃ caiṣām āhartā punar ajjasā | nāsya jetā raṇe kaścid ajeta naiṣa kasyacit | dharmaputro mahābāhur vilalāpa suvistaram ||

Translation

Vaiśaṃpāyana dit : «Il rétablira promptement, fût-ce leur fortune perdue. Au combat, nul ne peut le vaincre ; et lui-même n’est jamais vaincu par quiconque.» Voyant ses frères gisant à terre, le puissant Dharmaputra (Yudhiṣṭhira) se lamenta longuement. Le passage fait de sa douleur non une simple peine intime, mais une crise du dharma : l’effondrement inexplicable des justes (sans blessures ni traces) l’oblige à raffermir son esprit, à interroger des causes invisibles et à chercher une conduite qui sauvegarde le devoir au cœur de la stupeur.

Word by Word

• विप्रणष्टाम्: utterly lost
• विप्रणष्टाम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विप्रणष्ट (वि+प्र+नश्)
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• श्रियम्: fortune, prosperity
• श्रियम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्री
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• एषाम्: of these (persons)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: एतद्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Genitive, Plural

• आहर्ता: restorer, bringer back
• आहर्ता: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: आहर्तृ (आ+हृ)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• पुनः: again
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पुनः

• अज्जसा: straightaway, surely
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अज्जस

• न: not
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न

• अस्य: of him
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Genitive, Singular

• जेता: conqueror (one who defeats)
• जेता: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: जेतृ (जि)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• रणे: in battle
• रणे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: रण
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• कश्चित्: anyone, someone
• कश्चित्: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: किम्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• अजेता: one who is not a conqueror (cannot conquer)
• अजेता: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: अजेतृ (न+जि)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• न: not
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न

• एषः: this one (he)
• एषः: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: एतद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• कस्यचित्: of anyone
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: किम्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Genitive, Singular

• धर्मपुत्रः: Dharma’s son (Yudhiṣṭhira)
• धर्मपुत्रः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: धर्मपुत्र
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• महाबाहुः: mighty-armed
• महाबाहुः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महाबाहु
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• विललाप: lamented
• Type: Verb
• Root: वि+लप्
• Form: Perfect (Liṭ), 3rd, Singular

• सुविस्तरम्: at great length, extensively
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सुविस्तर

Speaker

वैशग्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśaṃpāyana
• Dharmaputra (Yudhiṣṭhira)
• Arjuna
• Bhīmasena
• Nakula
• Sahadeva
• śrī (fortune/prosperity)
• raṇa (battle)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights steadiness in dharma amid shock: even when righteous order seems overturned (brothers fallen without visible cause), one must restrain despair, investigate rightly, and hold to duty—trusting that true strength restores lost śrī and is not easily overcome.

What is happening in the narrative?

After finding Arjuna and the other brothers fallen, Yudhiṣṭhira grieves intensely. The verse praises an unconquerable hero who can quickly restore their lost fortune, while the surrounding narrative (as reflected in the provided passage) shows Yudhiṣṭhira composing himself to determine what extraordinary force has struck them.