Shloka 3

Āraṇyaka-parva, Adhyāya 1 — The Pandavas’ Exit from Gajasāhvaya and the Citizens’ Lament (जनमेजयप्रश्नः; पाण्डवानां वनप्रस्थानम्)

Devanagari script

कथं चैश्वर्यविभ्रष्टा: सहसा दुःखमेयुष: । वने विजद्रिरे पार्था: शक्रप्रतिमतेजस:,तथा जो सहसा ऐश्वर्यसे वंचित हो जानेके कारण महान्‌ दुःखमें पड़ गये थे, उन इन्द्रके तुल्य तेजस्वी पाण्डवोंने वनमें किस प्रकार विचरण किया?

Transliteration

kathaṃ caiśvaryavibhraṣṭāḥ sahasā duḥkham eyuṣaḥ | vane vijadrire pārthāḥ śakrapratimatejasaḥ ||

Translation

Janamejaya bertanya: “Bagaimanakah para Pārtha—yang seketika tercerabut dari kemegahan kerajaan dan terjerumus ke dalam duka besar—mengembara di rimba, meski bercahaya laksana Indra? Dengan cara apa mereka bertahan dan menata laku hidup di sana?”

Word by Word

• कथम्: how?
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: कथम्

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

• ऐश्वर्य-विभ्रष्टाः: deprived of sovereignty/prosperity
• ऐश्वर्य-विभ्रष्टाः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ऐश्वर्यविभ्रष्ट
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• सहसा: suddenly, all at once
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सहसा

• दुःखम्: sorrow, misery
• दुःखम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: दुःख
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• एयुः: they went/entered (into)
• Type: Verb
• Root: इ (धातु)
• Form: Perfect (Liṭ), Third, Plural

• वने: in the forest
• वने: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: वन
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• विजद्रिरे: they wandered about
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृ (धातु)
• Form: Perfect (Liṭ), Third, Plural, Ātmanepada

• पार्थाः: the sons of Pṛthā (the Pāṇḍavas)
• पार्थाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: पार्थ
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• शक्र-प्रतिम-तेजसः: having splendor like Indra
• शक्र-प्रतिम-तेजसः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शक्रप्रतिमतेजस्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

Speaker

जनमेजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Janamejaya
• Pārthas (Pāṇḍavas)
• Indra (Śakra)
• Forest (Vana)