Shloka 226

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

Devanagari script

दध्यौ चात्यर्थमबला प्ररुरोद च सुस्वरम्‌ । ब्रह्माजीके ऐसा कहनेपर वह मृत्युनामवाली कमललोचना अबला अत्यन्त चिन्तामग्न हो गयी और फूट-फूटकर रोने लगी

Transliteration

dadhyau cātyartham abalā praruroda ca susvaram |

Translation

Nārada said: Hearing Brahmā speak thus, the lotus-eyed woman—frail and overwhelmed—fell into deep, anxious reflection, and then burst into tears, weeping aloud in a clear, plaintive voice. The scene underscores how even the virtuous can be shaken by fate and divine pronouncement, and how grief naturally follows when one confronts the hard limits of human power.

Word by Word

• दध्यौ: she thought/pondered
• Type: Verb
• Root: ध्यै (ध्यान)
• Form: लिट् (परोक्षभूत), प्रथम, एकवचन, परस्मैपद

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

• अत्यर्थम्: exceedingly, very much
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अत्यर्थ (अव्यय)

• अबला: the helpless woman
• अबला: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: अबला
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• प्ररुरोद: she wept, cried out
• Type: Verb
• Root: रुद्
• Form: लिट् (परोक्षभूत), प्रथम, एकवचन, परस्मैपद

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

• सुस्वरम्: in a sweet/lovely voice (sweetly)
• सुस्वरम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सुस्वर
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

Speaker

नारद उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Nārada
• Brahmā
• the lotus-eyed woman (unnamed in this pāda)