Shloka 11

Adhyāya 17 — Gandhārī’s Vilāpa at Duryodhana’s Body (स्त्रीपर्व, अध्याय १७)

Devanagari script

यो<यं मूर्धाभिषिक्तानामग्रे याति परंतप: । सो<यं पांसुषु शेतेडद्य पश्य कालस्य पर्ययम्‌,'शत्रुओंको संताप देनेवाला जो दुर्योधन मूर्धाभिषिक्त राजाओंके आगे-आगे चलता था, वही आज यह धूलमें लोट रहा है। कालके इस उलट-फेरको तो देखो

Transliteration

yo ’yaṁ mūrdhābhiṣiktānām agre yāti parantapaḥ | so ’yaṁ pāṁṣuṣu śete ’dya paśya kālasya paryayam ||

Translation

Vaiśampāyana said: “He who, a scorcher of foes, used to walk at the very front of consecrated kings—he, that same man, lies today in the dust. Behold the reversal wrought by Time.”

Word by Word

यःwho

अयम्this (man)

मूर्धाभिषिक्तानाम्of the consecrated (crowned) kings

अग्रेin front, ahead

यातिgoes, proceeds

परंतपःscorcher of foes

सःhe, that (same one)

अयम्this (same one)

पांसुषुin the dust

शेतेlies

अद्यtoday, now

पश्यsee, behold

कालस्यof Time (fate)

पर्ययम्reversal, turn of events

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Duryodhana

Kāla (Time)

mūrdhābhiṣikta-rājānaḥ (consecrated kings)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Geographic Context

Sandhi Notes