Shloka 23

Babhruvāhana’s Lament and Appeal for Expiation (प्रायश्चित्त-याचना)

Devanagari script

अहो<स्या हृदयं देव्या दृढं यज्ञ विदीर्यते । व्यूढोरस्क॑ महाबाहें प्रेक्षन्त्या निहतं पतिम्‌

Transliteration

aho ’syā hṛdayaṃ devyā dṛḍhaṃ yajña vidīryate | vyūḍhoraskā mahābāho prekṣantyā nihataṃ patim ||

Translation

Vaiśampāyana said: “Alas! Though her heart is firm, it is being torn apart, O Yajña. That noble lady, broad-chested and strong-armed, looks upon her husband lying slain.”

Word by Word

• अहो: alas!/oh!
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अहो
• Form: Avyaya (exclamation)

• अस्याः: of her
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम्
• Form: Feminine, Genitive, Singular

• हृदयम्: heart
• हृदयम्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: हृदय
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• देव्याः: of the lady/queen
• Type: Noun
• Root: देवी
• Form: Feminine, Genitive, Singular

• दृढम्: firm, strong
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दृढ
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• यत्: that which
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद्
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• न: not
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न
• Form: Avyaya (negation)

• विदीर्यते: is torn apart, is rent
• Type: Verb
• Root: विदॄ
• Form: Present, Passive (Ātmanepada), 3rd person, Singular

• व्यूढोरस्कम्: him whose chest is broad/expanded
• Type: Adjective
• Root: व्यूढोरस्
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• महाबाहुम्: mighty-armed
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महाबाहु
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• प्रेक्षन्त्या: by (her) seeing/while seeing
• प्रेक्षन्त्या: Karana
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्रेक्ष्
• Form: Present active participle (Śatṛ), Feminine, Instrumental, Singular

• निहतम्: slain
• Type: Verb
• Root: नि-हन्
• Form: Past passive participle, Masculine, Accusative, Singular

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

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Yajña
• devī (the noble lady/queen)
• pati (the slain husband)