Shloka 11

अभिमन्युविलापः (Abhimanyu-vilāpa) — Uttarā’s lament, observed and framed by Gandhārī

Devanagari script

अत्यन्तं सुकुमारस्य राड़ुकवाजिनशायिन: । कच्चिदद्य शरीरं ते भूमौ न परितप्यते,(श्रीकृष्ण! अब उत्तरा अपने पतिको सम्बोधित करके कहती है) 'प्रियतम! आपका शरीर तो अत्यन्त सुकुमार है। आप रंकुमृगके चर्मसे बने हुए सुकोमल बिछौनेपर सोया करते थे। क्या आज इस तरह पृथ्वीपर पड़े रहनेसे आपके शरीरको कष्ट नहीं होता है?

Transliteration

atyantaṁ sukumārasya rāṅkava-ajina-śāyinaḥ | kaccid adya śarīraṁ te bhūmau na paritapyate ||

Translation

Kekasihku, tubuhmu sungguh halus dan lembut. Dahulu engkau terbiasa berbaring di alas empuk dari kulit rusa ruru. Apakah hari ini tubuhmu tidak menderita, terbaring demikian di tanah yang keras?

Word by Word

अत्यन्तम्exceedingly, very much

सुकुमारस्यof (one who is) very delicate/tender

राड़ुकof Rāḍuka (proper name/epithet; text-variant)

वाजिनof the horse/steed

शायिनःof the one who lies/sleeps (on)

कच्चित्I hope; is it the case that...?

अद्यtoday, now

शरीरम्body

तेyour

भूमौon the ground/earth

नnot

परितप्यतेis pained/tormented

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

Uttarā

her husband (Abhimanyu, implied by context)

bhūmi (earth/ground)

rāṅkava-ajina (soft deerskin bedding)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights compassion and the ethical shock of war’s consequences: a life once protected by comfort is now exposed to suffering on the bare earth, prompting reflection on the human cost of violence and the duty to mourn and remember rightly.

What is happening in the narrative?

In Strī Parva’s lamentation setting, Uttarā addresses her fallen husband (contextually Abhimanyu), recalling his delicate upbringing and asking whether his body suffers lying on the ground—an expression of intimate grief amid the battlefield’s aftermath.