Shloka 686
Devanagari script
पुत्रशोकाभिसंतप्ता गान्धारी प्ररुरोद ह | इतनी बात कहकर पुत्रशोकसे संतप्त हुई गान्धारी देवी अपने मुखको आँचलसे ढककर फूट-फूटकर रोने लगीं
Transliteration
putraśokābhisaṃtaptā gāndhārī praruroda ha |
Translation
子を失った悲嘆に胸を灼かれ、ガーンダーリーはついに泣き崩れた。言葉が尽きるや、彼女は衣の端で顔を覆い、抑えきれぬ嗚咽とともに激しく泣き続けた。
Word by Word
पुत्रशोकाभिसंतप्ताafflicted by grief for her son
पुत्रशोकाभिसंतप्ता:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootपुत्र-शोक-अभि-संतप्त (संतप् धातु से क्त)
FormFeminine, Nominative, Singular
गान्धारीGandhārī
गान्धारी:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootगान्धारी
FormFeminine, Nominative, Singular
प्ररुरोदwept, cried aloud
प्ररुरोद:
TypeVerb
Rootरुद्
FormPerfect (Liṭ), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada
हindeed (particle)
ह:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootह
Speaker
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Characters & Entities
V
VaiśaṃpāyanaG
GāndhārīCharacter Dynamics
Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)
War Context
Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)
Philosophical Teaching
Political Layer
Geographic Context
Meter (Chandas)
Sandhi Notes
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights the human cost of war and the inevitable suffering that follows collective wrongdoing: even royal power cannot shield one from the karmic and emotional consequences of adharma, especially as seen in a mother’s grief.
Vaiśaṃpāyana narrates that Gāndhārī, stricken by sorrow for her sons, breaks into intense weeping, marking a moment of raw lamentation in the aftermath of the Kurukṣetra devastation.