Shloka 3

Dhanañjaya-viraha-śoka and the Resolve to Enter Gandhamādana (धनंजय-विरह-शोकः गन्धमादन-प्रवेश-संकल्पश्च)

Devanagari script

तन्मे दहति गात्राणि तूलराशिमिवानल: । यच्च वीरं न पश्यामि धनंजयमुपान्तिकात्‌,इतना प्रयास करनेपर भी मैं वीर धनंजयको जो अबतक अपने समीप नहीं देख पा रहा हूँ, इसकी चिन्ता मेरे सम्पूर्ण अंगोंको उसी प्रकार दग्ध कर रही है, जैसे आग रूईके ढेरको जलाती रहती है

Transliteration

tan me dahati gātrāṇi tūlarāśim ivānalaḥ | yac ca vīraṃ na paśyāmi dhanañjayam upāntikāt ||

Translation

This anxiety scorches my limbs like fire consuming a heap of cotton: despite all my efforts, I still do not see the hero Dhanañjaya (Arjuna) here near me. The very absence of the one on whom our hope rests burns within me, turning concern for duty and safety into a consuming inner heat.

Word by Word

tatthat (this fact/that concern)

meto me / for me

dahatiburns, scorches

gātrāṇilimbs, body-parts

tūla-rāśima heap of cotton

ivalike, as

analaḥfire

yatthat (the fact that)

caand

vīramthe hero

nanot

paśyāmiI see

dhanañjayamDhanañjaya (Arjuna)

upāntikātfrom near (my side), from proximity

Speaker

युधिछिर उवाच

Characters & Entities

Yudhiṣṭhira

Dhanañjaya (Arjuna)

fire (anala)

heap of cotton (tūlarāśi)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Geographic Context

Sandhi Notes