Shloka 36

स्त्रीपर्व — अध्याय १५: गान्धारी-युधिष्ठिर-संवादः

Gandhārī’s Confrontation and Consolation of Yudhiṣṭhira

Devanagari script

अन्वशोचत दुःखार्ता द्रौपदी च हृतात्मजाम्‌ | रुदतीमथ पाज्चालीं ददर्श पतितां भुवि

Transliteration

anvaśocat duḥkhārtā draupadī ca hṛtātmajām | rudatīm atha pāñcālīṃ dadarśa patitāṃ bhuvi

Translation

Draupadī yang dilanda duka meratapi perempuan yang kehilangan putra-putranya. Lalu ia melihat Pāñcālī—terjatuh di tanah, menangis tersedu-sedu.

Word by Word

• अन्वशोचत: lamented, grieved after
• Type: Verb
• Root: अनु + शुच्
• Form: लङ् (Imperfect), परस्मैपद, 3, Singular

• दुःखार्ता: afflicted with sorrow
• दुःखार्ता: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दुःख + आर्त (आृ + क्त)
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• द्रौपदी: Draupadi
• द्रौपदी: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्रौपदी
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

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

• हृतात्मजाम्: her whose sons were taken away (bereft of sons)
• हृतात्मजाम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: हृत (हृ + क्त) + आत्मज
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• रुदतीम्: weeping
• रुदतीम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: रुद् + शतृ (वर्तमाने)
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• अथ: then
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथ

• पाञ्चालीम्: Panchali (Draupadi)
• पाञ्चालीम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाञ्चाली
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• ददर्श: saw
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश्
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), परस्मैपद, 3, Singular

• पतिताम्: fallen
• पतिताम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पतित (पत् + क्त)
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• भुवि: on the ground
• भुवि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: भू (स्त्री. ‘भूमि’/‘भुव्’)
• Form: Feminine, Locative, Singular

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Draupadī (Pāñcālī)
• the bereft mother (hṛtātmajā; unnamed in this verse)
• earth/ground (bhū)