Shloka 16

स्त्रीपर्व — नवमोऽध्यायः | Dhṛtarāṣṭra summons the Kuru women; the city departs in collective lamentation

Devanagari script

एकसर्थप्रयातानां सर्वेषां तत्र गामिनाम्‌ । यस्य काल: प्रयात्यग्रे तत्र का परिदेवना,“एक साथ आये हुए सभी प्राणियोंको एक दिन वहीं जाना है। जिसका काल आ गया, वह पहले चला जाता है; फिर उसके लिये व्यर्थ शोक क्यों?

Transliteration

ekasārthaprayātānāṁ sarveṣāṁ tatra gāminām | yasya kālaḥ prayāty agre tatra kā paridevanā ||

Translation

All beings who have set out together on this journey must, one day, reach the same end. When a person’s appointed time arrives, he departs first; therefore, what purpose is served by lamentation for him?

Word by Word

एकin one (same place/time)

सार्थin a caravan/company

प्रयातानाम्of those who have set out / departed

सर्वेषाम्of all

तत्रthere

गामिनाम्of those who are going (thither-bound)

यस्यwhose / for whom

कालःtime (appointed time/death-time)

प्रयातिgoes forth / departs

अग्रेin front / first

तत्रthere

काwhat (which?)

परिदेवनाlamentation / wailing

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

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Vaiśampāyana

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