Shloka 14

Brahmāstra-pratisaṃhāraḥ, Parīkṣit-nāmakaraṇam, Nagarotsava-varṇanam

Withdrawal of the Brahmāstra; Naming of Parīkṣit; Description of Civic Festivities

Devanagari script

एवं विप्रलपन्तीं तु दृष्टवा निपतितां पुनः । उत्तरां तां स्त्रियं सर्वा: पुनरुत्थापयंस्तत:,इस प्रकार विलाप करती हुई उत्तराको पुनः पृथ्वीपर पड़ी देख सब स्त्रियोंने उसे फिर उठाकर बिठाया

Transliteration

evaṁ vipralapantīṁ tu dṛṣṭvā nipatitāṁ punaḥ | uttarāṁ tāṁ striyaḥ sarvāḥ punar utthāpayans tataḥ ||

Translation

このように嘆きながら再び地に倒れ伏したウッタラーを見て、そこにいた女たちは皆、ただちに彼女を抱き起こし、再び立ち上がらせた。

Word by Word

एवम्thus

विप्रलपन्तीम्lamenting, wailing

तुbut/indeed

दृष्ट्वाhaving seen

निपतिताम्fallen down

पुनःagain

उत्तराम्Uttarā (proper name)

ताम्her/that

स्त्रियम्woman

सर्वाःall

पुनर्again

उत्थापयन्raising, making (her) get up

ततःthen/thereupon

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Uttarā

the women (striyaḥ)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Even in overwhelming sorrow, dharmic conduct is sustained through communal care: the women respond to collapse not with spectacle but with practical compassion, restoring the grieving person to steadiness.

What is happening in the narrative?

Uttarā, overcome with lamentation, falls to the ground again; seeing this, all the women present lift her up and help her sit/stand, continuing the scene of mourning and support.