Shloka 19

Devanagari script

कम्पमानो ज्वरेणेव नि:श्वसंश्व मुहुर्महु: । पार्णिं पाणौ विनिष्थिष्य श्वसमानो<घश्रुनेत्रवान्‌

Transliteration

kampamāno jvareṇeva niḥśvasaṁś ca muhur muhuḥ | pārṇiṁ pāṇau viniṣṭhiṣya śvasamāno ’śrunetravān ||

Translation

ユディシュティラは言った。「熱に冒されたかのように震え、幾度も荒く息をつきながら、彼は弓を手に取った。息を切らし、目には涙が満ちていた。」

Word by Word

• कम्पमानः: trembling
• कम्पमानः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कम्प्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular, शतृ-प्रत्यय (वर्तमान कृदन्त), आत्मनेपद-भाव

• ज्वरेण: with/through fever
• ज्वरेण: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: ज्वर
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• इव: as if/like
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इव

• नि:श्वसन्: exhaling, breathing out
• नि:श्वसन्: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: नि-श्वस्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular, शतृ-प्रत्यय (वर्तमान कृदन्त)

• श्वसन्: breathing, panting
• श्वसन्: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: श्वस्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular, शतृ-प्रत्यय (वर्तमान कृदन्त)

• मुहुः: again and again
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: मुहुः

• मुहुः: repeatedly
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: मुहुः

• पार्णिम्: Pārṇi (proper name)
• पार्णिम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: पार्णि
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• पाणौ: in (his) hand
• पाणौ: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाणि
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• विनिष्ठिष्य: will place/settle (having placed/placing firmly)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वि-स्था
• Form: Periphrastic future (लुट्), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada, future sense: 'will place/establish'

• श्वसमानः: breathing/panting
• श्वसमानः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: श्वस्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular, शानच्-प्रत्यय (वर्तमान कृदन्त, आत्मनेपद)

• अश्रु-नेत्रवान्: having tear-filled eyes
• अश्रु-नेत्रवान्: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अश्रु-नेत्रवत्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

युधिछिर उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Yudhiṣṭhira
• bow

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Even in a dharma-yuddha, inner turmoil and compassion can arise; the verse highlights the ethical weight of violence and the human cost borne by those who must act according to kṣatriya-duty.

What is happening in the narrative?

Yudhiṣṭhira describes a warrior’s visible distress—trembling, gasping, and tearful—yet still taking up the bow, showing the tension between grief and the necessity to continue fighting.