Shloka 2

Gaṅgā-tīra Udaka-kriyā and Kuntī’s Disclosure of Karṇa’s Maternity

Strī-parva, Adhyāya 27

Devanagari script

भूषणान्युत्तरीयाणि वेष्टनान्यवमुच्य च | ततः पितृणां भ्रातृणां पौत्राणां स्वजनस्य च

Transliteration

bhūṣaṇāny uttarīyāṇi veṣṭanāny avamucya ca | tataḥ pitṝṇāṁ bhrātṝṇāṁ pautrāṇāṁ svajanasya ca

Translation

Vaiśampāyana said: Having cast off their ornaments, upper garments, and wrappings, they then turned their attention to their fathers, brothers, grandsons, and other kinsmen—overwhelmed by the duty of mourning and the shock of war’s devastation.

Word by Word

• भूषणानि: ornaments
• भूषणानि: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: भूषण
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Plural

• उत्तरीयाणि: upper garments
• उत्तरीयाणि: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: उत्तरीय
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Plural

• वेष्टनानि: wrappings, coverings
• वेष्टनानि: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: वेष्टन
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Plural

• अवमुच्य: having taken off, removing
• Type: Verb
• Root: अव√मुच्
• Form: ल्यप् (absolutive/gerund), Parasmaipada (usage)

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• ततः: then, thereafter
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः

• पितृणाम्: of (their) fathers/ancestors
• Type: Noun
• Root: पितृ
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Plural

• भ्रातृणाम्: of (their) brothers
• Type: Noun
• Root: भ्रातृ
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Plural

• पौत्राणाम्: of (their) grandsons
• Type: Noun
• Root: पौत्र
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Plural

• स्वजनस्य: of (their) own people/kinsmen
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्वजन
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• ornaments (bhūṣaṇāni)
• upper garments (uttarīyāṇi)
• wrappings (veṣṭanāni)
• fathers/forefathers (pitaraḥ)
• brothers (bhrātaraḥ)
• grandsons/descendants (pautrāḥ)
• kinsmen (svajana)