Shloka 18

Subhadrā’s Petition to Kṛṣṇa for the Revival of Parīkṣit (अभिमन्युज-प्राणरक्षा-प्रार्थना)

Devanagari script

सो<यं जातो मृतस्तात पश्यैनं पुरुषर्षभ । उत्तरां च सुभद्रां च द्रौपदी मां च माधव,“तात! वही यह बालक है, जो मरा हुआ ही पैदा हुआ है। पुरुषोत्तम! इसपर अपनी कृपादृष्टि डालो। माधव! इसे जीवित करके ही उत्तरा, सुभद्रा और द्रौपदीसहित मेरी रक्षा करो

Transliteration

so ’yaṃ jāto mṛtastāta paśyainaṃ puruṣarṣabha | uttarāṃ ca subhadrāṃ ca draupadīṃ māṃ ca mādhava ||

Translation

Vaiśaṃpāyana said: “Dear one, this is that child—born already dead. O bull among men, look upon him with compassion. O Mādhava, by restoring him to life, protect me as well, together with Uttarā, Subhadrā, and Draupadī.”

Word by Word

• सः: he/that one
• सः: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• अयम्: this (one)
• अयम्: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• जातः: born
• जातः: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: जन्
• Form: क्त (past passive participle), Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• मृतः: dead
• मृतः: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: मृ
• Form: क्त (past passive participle), Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• तात: O dear one / O father
• Type: Noun
• Root: तात
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• पश्य: see!
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश्
• Form: लोट् (imperative), Second, Singular, परस्मैपद

• एनम्: him/this one
• एनम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: एतद्
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• पुरुषर्षभ: O bull among men
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुरुष-ऋषभ
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• उत्तराम्: Uttarā
• उत्तराम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: उत्तरा
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

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

• सुभद्राम्: Subhadrā
• सुभद्राम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुभद्रा
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

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

• द्रौपदीम्: Draupadī
• द्रौपदीम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्रौपदी
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• माम्: me
• माम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: Common, Accusative, Singular

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

• माधव: O Mādhava (Kṛṣṇa)
• Type: Noun
• Root: माधव
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśaṃpāyana
• Mādhava (Kṛṣṇa)
• Uttarā
• Subhadrā
• Draupadī
• the newborn child (Parīkṣit, implied by context)