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Shloka 30

Gandhārī’s Lament for Bhūriśravas and Śakuni

Book 11, Chapter 24

Devanagari script

कथं च नायं तत्रापि पुत्रान्मे भ्रातृभि: सह । विरोधयेदजुप्रज्ञाननजुर्मधुसूदन,मधुसूदन! मेरे पुत्र सरल बुद्धिके हैं। मुझे भय है कि उन पुण्यलोकोंमें पहुँचकर यह शकुनि फिर किसी प्रकार उन सब भाइयोंमें परस्पर विरोध न उत्पन्न कर दे

Transliteration

kathaṃ ca nāyaṃ tatrāpi putrān me bhrātṛbhiḥ saha | virodhayed ajñaprajñān añjur madhusūdana ||

Translation

Vaiśampāyana said: “And how could it not be that, even there (in those meritorious realms), this man might set my sons at odds with their brothers? My sons are simple-minded; I fear that Śakuni, having reached those holy worlds, may once again contrive to kindle mutual hostility among all the brothers.”

Word by Word

कथम्how?

चand

नnot

अयम्this (man)

तत्रthere

अपिalso/even

पुत्रान्sons

मेof me / my

भ्रातृभिःwith brothers

सहtogether with

विरोधयेत्might set at odds / might cause conflict

अजुप्रज्ञान्simple-minded / of straightforward understanding

अजुर्मधुसूदनO Madhusūdana (Krishna), (O) Ajur-Madhusūdana

मधुसूदनO Madhusūdana

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

Śakuni

sons (putrāḥ)

brothers (bhrātaraḥ)

puṇya-lokāḥ (meritorious/heavenly realms)

Madhusūdana (Kṛṣṇa)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Geographic Context

Sandhi Notes