Shloka 2

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

Devanagari script

तथैव कौरवो राजा धर्मपुत्रो महामना: । कृपप्रभृतयश्चैव किमकुर्वत ते त्रय:

Transliteration

tathaiva kauravo rājā dharmaputro mahāmanāḥ | kṛpaprabhṛtayaś caiva kim akurvata te trayaḥ ||

Translation

Janamejaya asked: “Likewise, what did the Kuru king Yudhiṣṭhira—Dharmaputra, the great-souled one—and those beginning with Kṛpa do then? What actions did those three undertake?”

Word by Word

• तथा: thus
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा

• एव: indeed/just
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव

• कौरवः: the Kaurava (king)
• कौरवः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: कौरव
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• राजा: king
• राजा: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजन्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• धर्मपुत्रः: Dharma’s son (Yudhiṣṭhira)
• धर्मपुत्रः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: धर्मपुत्र
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• महामनाः: great-minded
• महामनाः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महामनस्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• कृपप्रभृतयः: those beginning with Kṛpa (Kṛpa and others)
• कृपप्रभृतयः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: कृप-प्रभृति
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

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

• एव: indeed/also
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव

• किम्: what?
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: किम्

• अकुर्वत: did
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ
• Form: Imperfect (Laṅ), Third, Plural

• ते: they/those
• ते: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• त्रयः: three
• त्रयः: Karta
• Type: Numeral
• Root: त्रि
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

Speaker

जनमेजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Janamejaya
• Kaurava king (Yudhiṣṭhira / Dharmaputra)
• Kṛpa