Shloka 2

स्त्रीपर्व १: धृतराष्ट्रशोकः संजयाश्वासनं च

Strī Parva 1: Dhṛtarāṣṭra’s Lament and Saṃjaya’s Consolation

Devanagari script

तथैव कौरवो राजा धर्मपुत्रो महामना: । कृपप्रभृतयश्चैव किमकुर्वत ते त्रय:,इसी प्रकार कुरुवंशी राजा महामनस्वी धर्मपुत्र युधिष्ठिरने तथा कृपाचार्य आदि तीनों महारथियोंने भी इसके बाद क्या किया?

Transliteration

tathaiva kauravo rājā dharmaputro mahāmanāḥ | kṛpaprabhṛtayaś caiva kim akurvata te trayaḥ ||

Translation

Janamejaya asked: “Likewise, what did the Kuru king, the noble-minded Dharmaputra (Yudhiṣṭhira), and those three great warriors beginning with Kṛpa do thereafter?”

Word by Word

• तथा: thus, in that manner
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा

• एव: indeed, just
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव

• कौरवः: the Kaurava (descendant of Kuru)
• कौरवः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: कौरव
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• राजा: king
• राजा: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजन्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• धर्मपुत्रः: Dharma's son (Yudhiṣṭhira)
• धर्मपुत्रः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: धर्मपुत्र
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• महामनाः: great-souled, noble-minded
• महामनाः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महामनस्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• कृप: Kṛpa
• कृप: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: कृप
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• प्रभृतयः: and others beginning with (him)
• प्रभृतयः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रभृति
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

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

• एव: indeed, also
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव

• किम्: what
• किम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: किम्
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• अकुर्वत: did, performed
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ
• Form: Imperfect (Laṅ), 3rd, Plural, Parasmaipada

• ते: they
• ते: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• त्रयः: three
• त्रयः: Karta
• Type: Numeral
• Root: त्रि
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

Speaker

जनमेजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Janamejaya
• Yudhiṣṭhira (Dharmaputra)
• Kṛpa
• Kaurava/Kuru lineage