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Shloka 27

Subhadrā’s Petition to Kṛṣṇa for the Revival of Parīkṣit (अभिमन्युज-प्राणरक्षा-प्रार्थना)

एवमुकक्‍त्वा तु वाष्णेयं पृथा पृुथुललोचना । उच्छित्य बाहू दु:खार्ता ताश्चान्या: प्रापतन्‌ भुवि

evaṁ uktvā tu vārṣṇeyaṁ pṛthā pṛthulalocanā | ucchitya bāhū duḥkhārtā tāś cānyāḥ prāpatann bhuvi ||

ヴァイシャンパーヤナは言った。ヴァールシュネーヤ(聖クリシュナ)にそのように告げ終えると、広い眼をもつプリター(クンティー)は両腕を高く掲げ、悲嘆に押し潰されて大地に崩れ落ちた。他の女たちもまた同じように倒れた。この光景は、いかに剛毅な長老であっても悲しみに屈すること、そして共同の慟哭が暴力と離別の代価を告げる倫理の証人となることを示している。

एवम्thus
एवम्:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootएवम्
उक्त्वाhaving said
उक्त्वा:
TypeVerb
Rootवच्
FormAbsolutive (क्त्वा), indeclinable; prior action
तुbut/indeed
तु:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतु
वाष्णेयम्Vāsudeva/Kṛṣṇa (descendant of Vṛṣṇi)
वाष्णेयम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootवाष्णेय
FormMasculine, accusative, singular
पृथाPṛthā (Kuntī)
पृथा:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootपृथा
FormFeminine, nominative, singular
पृथुललोचनाwide-eyed
पृथुललोचना:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootपृथुल-लोचना
FormFeminine, nominative, singular
उच्छ्रित्यhaving raised
उच्छ्रित्य:
TypeVerb
Rootश्रि
FormAbsolutive (ल्यप्/क्त्वा-arthaka), indeclinable; prior action
बाहूtwo arms
बाहू:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootबाहु
FormMasculine, accusative, dual
दुःखार्ताafflicted with sorrow
दुःखार्ता:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootदुःख-आर्त
FormFeminine, nominative, singular
ताःthey/those (women)
ताः:
Karta
TypePronoun
Rootतद्
FormFeminine, nominative, plural
and
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
अन्याःother (women)
अन्याः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootअन्य
FormFeminine, nominative, plural
प्रापतन्fell down
प्रापतन्:
TypeVerb
Rootपत्
FormImperfect (लङ्), 3rd person, plural, parasmaipada
भुविon the ground/earth
भुवि:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootभू
FormFeminine, locative, singular

वैशम्पायन उवाच

V
Vaiśampāyana
V
Vārṣṇeya (Śrī Kṛṣṇa)
P
Pṛthā (Kuntī)
O
other women

Educational Q&A

The verse highlights the ethical reality that the consequences of conflict are borne in human suffering; public mourning becomes a moral testimony to loss, reminding listeners that dharma must account for compassion and the lived cost of violence.

After speaking to Śrī Kṛṣṇa (Vārṣṇeya), Kuntī raises her arms in anguish and collapses to the ground; the other women likewise fall, indicating a shared, overwhelming grief in the aftermath of events being recounted.