Shloka 10

स्त्रीपर्व — गान्धारीविलापः

Strī Parva — Gāndhārī’s Lament over the Fallen

Devanagari script

यस्याहवमुखे सौम्य स्थाता नैवोपपद्यते । स कथं दुर्मुखोमित्रैहतो विबुधलोकजित्‌,सौम्य! युद्धके मुहानेपर जिसके सामने कोई ठहर नहीं पाता था, उस देवलोकविजयी दुर्मुखको शत्रुओंने कैसे मार डाला?

Transliteration

yasya āhava-mukhe saumya sthātā naiva upapadyate | sa kathaṁ durmukho mitraiḥ hataḥ vibudha-loka-jit, saumya |

Translation

Vaiśampāyana said: “O gentle one, in the very forefront of battle none could even stand before him. How then was Durmukha—who had conquered the realms of the gods—slain by his foes in the mouth of war?”

Word by Word

यस्यof whom/whose

आहव-मुखेat the front/face of battle

सौम्यO gentle one (address)

स्थाताa stander; one who can stand (against him)

नnot

एवindeed/just

उपपद्यतेis possible/occurs; is found (to be)

सःhe/that one

कथम्how

दुर्मुखःDurmukha (name)

अमित्रैःby enemies

हतःkilled/slain

विबुध-लोक-जित्conqueror of the world of the gods

सौम्यO gentle one (address)

युद्धकेin battle

मुखेat the front/face

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

Durmukha

Vibudhaloka (realm of the gods)

Āhava/Yuddha (battle)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Geographic Context

Sandhi Notes