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Shloka 29

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

'सुन्दर जाँघोवाली मेरी सती साध्वी पुत्रवधू कभी खूनसे भीगे हुए अपने पुत्र लक्ष्मणका मुँह सूँघती है तो कभी पति दुर्योधनका शरीर अपने हाथसे पोंछती है ।। कि नु शोचति भर्तरिं पुत्रं चैषा मनस्विनी । तथा हावस्थिता भाति पुत्र चाप्यभिवीक्ष्य सा,“पता नहीं, यह मनस्विनी बहू पुत्रके लिये शोक करती है या पतिके लिये? कुछ ऐसी ही अवस्थामें वह जान पड़ती है। माधव! वह देखो, वह विशाललोचना वधू पुत्रकी ओर देखकर दोनों हाथोंसे सिर पीटती हुई अपने वीर पति कुरुराजकी छातीपर गिर पड़ी है

vaiśampāyana uvāca | kiṃ nu śocati bhartāraṃ putraṃ caivāṣā manasvinī | tathā hy avasthitā bhāti putraṃ cāpy abhivīkṣya sā ||

Vaiśampāyana said: “Is this strong-minded woman grieving for her husband, or for her son? For she appears to be in such a state—now looking toward her son, now collapsing in anguish—so that it is hard to discern where her sorrow is fixed.” In the ethical shadow of war, the verse highlights the divided loyalties of a widow-mother and the human cost that overwhelms all claims of victory.

किम्whether/why/what (interrogative)
किम्:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootकिम्
Forminterrogative particle (indeclinable)
नुindeed/then (emphatic particle)
नु:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootनु
Formparticle
शोचतिgrieves, laments
शोचति:
TypeVerb
Rootशुच्
Formpresent (laṭ), parasmaipada, 3rd person, singular
भर्तरिin/for (her) husband
भर्तरि:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootभर्तृ
Formmasculine, locative, singular
पुत्रम्son
पुत्रम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootपुत्र
Formmasculine, accusative, singular
and
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
Formconjunction
एषाthis woman, she
एषा:
Karta
TypePronoun
Rootएतद्
Formfeminine, nominative, singular
मनस्विनीhigh-minded, resolute
मनस्विनी:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootमनस्विन्
Formfeminine, nominative, singular
तथाthus, in that manner
तथा:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतथा
Formadverb
अवस्थिताstanding/placed, being in a state
अवस्थिता:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootअव-स्था
Formpast passive participle (kta), feminine, nominative, singular
भातिappears, seems
भाति:
TypeVerb
Rootभा
Formpresent (laṭ), parasmaipada, 3rd person, singular
पुत्रम्son
पुत्रम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootपुत्र
Formmasculine, accusative, singular
and
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
Formconjunction
अपिalso/even
अपि:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअपि
Formparticle
अभिवीक्ष्यhaving looked at, after seeing
अभिवीक्ष्य:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअभि-वीक्ष्
Formabsolutive (ktvā/lyap), indeclinable
साshe
सा:
Karta
TypePronoun
Rootतद्
Formfeminine, nominative, singular

वैशम्पायन उवाच

V
Vaiśampāyana
H
husband (bhartā)
S
son (putra)
T
the strong-minded woman (manasvinī)