Shloka 16

मौसलपर्व — अध्याय ८

Arjuna’s evacuation of Dvārakā, Vasudeva’s rites, and the caravan’s crisis

Devanagari script

मनो मे दीर्यते येन चिन्तयानस्य वै मुहु: । पश्यतो वृष्णिदाराश्न मम ब्रह्मन्‌ सहस्रशः

Transliteration

mano me dīryate yena cintayānasya vai muhuḥ | paśyato vṛṣṇidārāś ca mama brahman sahasraśaḥ ||

Translation

アルジュナは言った。「幾度も幾度も思い返すたび、我が心は引き裂かれる。婆羅門よ、我が眼前で、ヴリシュニ族の男たちとその女たちが、幾千という数で滅ぼされているのだ。」

Word by Word

• मनः: mind
• मनः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: मनस्
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• मे: of me / my
• मे: Adhikarana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: Genitive, Singular

• दीर्यते: is torn / is rent
• Type: Verb
• Root: दॄ (दीरणे/विदारणे)
• Form: Present, Atmanepada, Third, Singular, Passive/Reflexive (भावे/कर्मणि प्रयोग)

• येन: by which
• येन: Karana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद्
• Form: Neuter, Instrumental, Singular

• चिन्तयानस्य: of (me) thinking / while thinking
• चिन्तयानस्य: Adhikarana
• Type: Verb
• Root: चिन्तयत् (चिन्तय्)
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular, Present active participle (शतृ)

• वै: indeed
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वै

• मुहुः: again and again / repeatedly
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: मुहुस्

• पश्यतः: of (me) seeing / while seeing
• पश्यतः: Adhikarana
• Type: Verb
• Root: पश्यत् (दृश्)
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular, Present active participle (शतृ)

• वृष्णिदारान्: the wives of the Vṛṣṇis
• वृष्णिदारान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: वृष्णिदार
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

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

• मम: my
• मम: Adhikarana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: Genitive, Singular

• ब्रह्मन्: O Brahmin
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्मन्
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• सहस्रशः: by thousands / in thousands
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सहस्रशस्

Speaker

अर्जुन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Arjuna
• Vr̥ṣṇis (Yādavas)
• Vr̥ṣṇi women (dārāḥ)
• a Brahmin addressee (brahman)