Shloka 2

Droṇa-parva Adhyāya 53: Arjuna’s Jayadratha-vadha Pratijñā and Droṇa’s Protective Vyūha (शकटा-पद्म व्यूहः)

Devanagari script

तास्तवेह पुनः: क्रोधात्‌ प्रजा दहान्ति सर्वश: । ता दृष्टत्वा मम कारुण्यं प्रसीद भगवन्‌ प्रभो,आपकी वे ही सारी प्रजाएँ पुनः: आपके ही क्रोधसे यहाँ दग्ध हो रही हैं। इससे उनके प्रति मेरे हृदयमें करूणा भर आयी है। अत: भगवन्‌! प्रभो! आप उन प्रजाओंपर कृपादृष्टि करके प्रसन्न होइये

Transliteration

tās taveha punaḥ krodhāt prajā dahanti sarvaśaḥ | tā dṛṣṭvā mama kāruṇyaṃ prasīda bhagavan prabho ||

Translation

Nārada said: “Those very creatures of yours are again being burned here on all sides by your wrath. Seeing them thus, compassion has filled my heart. Therefore, O Blessed Lord, O Sovereign, be gracious—look upon those beings with mercy and be appeased.”

Word by Word

ताःthose (they)

त्वयाby you

इहhere

पुनःagain

क्रोधात्from/owing to anger

प्रजाःsubjects, creatures

दहन्तिburn (are burning)

सर्वशःentirely, on all sides

ताःthose (them)

दृष्ट्वाhaving seen

ममmy

कारुण्यम्compassion, pity

प्रसीदbe gracious; be pleased

भगवन्O Blessed Lord

प्रभोO Master

Speaker

नारद उवाच

Characters & Entities

Nārada

Bhagavān (the Lord addressed)

Prajāḥ (creatures/subjects)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Geographic Context

Sandhi Notes