Shloka 11

Strī-parva Adhyāya 22 — Gāndhārī’s Battlefield Lament for the Fallen (Āvantya, Bāhlika, Jayadratha, and Duḥśalā)

Devanagari script

तमेता:ः पर्युपासन्ते रक्ष्यमाणं महाभुजम्‌ । सिन्धुसौवीरभर्तारें काम्बोजयवनस्त्रिय:,ये काम्बोज और यवनदेशकी स्त्रियाँ सिन्धु और सौवीरदेशके स्वामी महाबाहु जयद्रथको चारों ओरसे घेरकर बैठी हैं और वह उन्हींके द्वारा सुरक्षित हो रहा है

Transliteration

tam etāḥ paryupāsante rakṣyamāṇaṃ mahābhujam | sindhu-sauvīra-bhartāraṃ kāmboja-yavana-striyaḥ ||

Translation

Vaiśampāyana said: Those women of the Kāmboja and Yavana lands sat all around the mighty-armed lord of Sindhu and Sauvīra, attending upon him; and he was being guarded and kept safe by them.

Word by Word

• तम्: him
• तम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• एताः: these (women)
• एताः: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: एतद्
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Plural

• पर्युपासन्ते: sit around; attend upon
• Type: Verb
• Root: उप-आस् (परि+उप+आस्)
• Form: Present, Indicative, Atmanepada, Third, Plural

• रक्ष्यमाणम्: being protected/guarded
• Type: Verb
• Root: रक्ष्
• Form: Present passive participle (शानच्/मान), Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• महाभुजम्: mighty-armed
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महाभुज
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• सिन्धुसौवीरभर्तारम्: lord of Sindhu and Sauvira
• Type: Noun
• Root: सिन्धुसौवीरभर्तृ
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• काम्बोजयवनस्त्रियः: Kamboja and Yavana women
• काम्बोजयवनस्त्रियः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: काम्बोजयवनस्त्री
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Plural

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Jayadratha
• Sindhu
• Sauvīra
• Kāmboja
• Yavana
• Kāmboja women
• Yavana women