Shloka 39

Ulūpī–Citravāhinī Saṃvāda: Dhanaṃjaya-patana and Prāya-threat

Devanagari script

शोकसंतप्तहृदया रुदती वेपती भृशम्‌ | मणिपूरपतेर्माता ददर्श निहतं पतिम्‌,मणिपुर-नरेशकी माताका हृदय शोकसे संतप्त हो उठा था! रोती और काँपती हुई चित्रांगदाने देखा कि पतिदेव मारे गये

Transliteration

śokasantaptahṛdayā rudatī vepatī bhṛśam | maṇipūrapater mātā dadarśa nihataṃ patim ||

Translation

Vaiśampāyana said: Her heart scorched by grief, weeping and trembling violently, the mother of the lord of Maṇipura saw her husband lying slain. The scene underscores the human cost of conflict: beyond the warrior’s fate, the bereavement of families becomes the enduring consequence of violence.

Word by Word

• शोक-संतप्त-हृदया: she whose heart is scorched by grief
• शोक-संतप्त-हृदया: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: हृदय (प्रातिपदिक) + शोक (प्रातिपदिक) + संतप्त (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• रुदती: crying
• रुदती: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: रुद् (धातु)
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular, शतृ (present active participle)

• वेपती: trembling
• वेपती: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: वेप् (धातु)
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular, शतृ (present active participle)

• भृशम्: exceedingly, greatly
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: भृशम्

• मणिपूर-पतेः: of the lord of Manipur
• मणिपूर-पतेः: Sambandha
• Type: Noun
• Root: मणिपूर (प्रातिपदिक) + पति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• माता: the mother
• माता: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: मातृ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

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

• निहतम्: slain
• निहतम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: नि-हन् (धातु) / निहत (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular, क्त (past passive participle)

• पतिम्: husband
• पतिम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: पति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Maṇipura
• Maṇipūrapati (lord/king of Maṇipura)
• the mother of the Maṇipūrapati
• her husband (slain)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights the ethical aftermath of violence: even when conflict is framed by duty or politics, its most immediate truth is suffering borne by families—grief, fear, and the destabilization of social bonds.

What is happening in the narrative?

A woman identified as the mother of the ruler of Maṇipura, overwhelmed by sorrow, weeps and trembles as she sees her husband lying dead, marking a moment of intense lamentation within the Ashvamedhika narrative.