Shloka 52

धृतराष्ट्रविलापः — Dhṛtarāṣṭra’s Lament and Inquiry (Śalya-parva, Adhyāya 2)

Devanagari script

असकृद्धदतस्तस्य दुर्योधनवधेन च

Transliteration

asakṛddattas tasya duryodhana-vadhena ca

Translation

Dhṛtarāṣṭra said: “Repeatedly, because of that—and also because of the slaying of Duryodhana—my mind is struck again and again by grief and agitation.”

Word by Word

• असकृत्: repeatedly, many times
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: असकृत्

• हृतः: was taken away / was deprived
• हृतः: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: हृ (हरति)
• Form: past (perfective), singular, masculine, nominative

• तस्य: of him / his
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: masculine/neuter, genitive, singular

• दुर्योधन-वधेन: by/with the slaying of Duryodhana
• दुर्योधन-वधेन: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: दुर्योधन + वध
• Form: masculine, instrumental, singular

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

Speaker

धघतयाट्र उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Dhṛtarāṣṭra
• Duryodhana