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Shloka 5

धृतराष्ट्रस्य उपालम्भः तथा पाण्डव-समाश्वासनम् | Dhṛtarāṣṭra Reproved and the Pāṇḍavas Consoled

स गज्जमनु वृन्दानि स्त्रीणां भरतसत्तम । कुररीणामिवार्तानां क्रोशन्तीनां ददर्श ह,भरतश्रेष्ठ! गंगातटपर पहुँचकर युधिष्ठिरने कुररीकी तरह आर्तस्वरसे विलाप करती हुई स्त्रियोंके कई दल देखे

sa gajjam anu vṛndāni strīṇāṃ bharatasattama | kurarīṇām ivārtānāṃ krośantīnāṃ dadarśa ha ||

ヴァイシャンパーヤナは語った。おお、バーラタ族の最勝者よ、彼は女たちの群れが声を限りに泣き叫ぶのを見た――苦悶するミサゴのように嘆き、鋭く胸を裂く声で慟哭していた。そこには戦の人間的代償が刻まれている。戦場の後は、倒れた武者の数だけでなく、残された者の悲嘆によって量られるのだ。

सःhe (Yudhiṣṭhira)
सः:
Karta
TypePronoun
Rootतद्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
गज्यम्a loud cry/roar
गज्यम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootगज्य (गज् + य)
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular
अनुafter, along, following
अनु:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअनु
वृन्दानिgroups, clusters
वृन्दानि:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootवृन्द
FormNeuter, Accusative, Plural
स्त्रीणाम्of women
स्त्रीणाम्:
TypeNoun
Rootस्त्री
FormFeminine, Genitive, Plural
भरतसत्तमO best of the Bharatas
भरतसत्तम:
TypeNoun (vocative epithet)
Rootभरत-सत्तम
FormMasculine, Vocative, Singular
कुररीणाम्of ospreys (kurarī-birds)
कुररीणाम्:
TypeNoun
Rootकुररी
FormFeminine, Genitive, Plural
इवlike, as
इव:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइव
आर्तानाम्of the distressed/afflicted
आर्तानाम्:
TypeAdjective
Rootआर्त
FormFeminine, Genitive, Plural
क्रोशन्तीनाम्of (those) crying out/wailing
क्रोशन्तीनाम्:
TypeVerb (present participle)
Rootक्रुश्
FormFeminine, Genitive, Plural, शतृ (present active participle)
ददर्शsaw
ददर्श:
TypeVerb
Rootदृश्
FormPerfect (लिट्), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada
indeed (emphatic particle)
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
भरतश्रेष्ठO best of the Bharatas
भरतश्रेष्ठ:
TypeNoun (vocative epithet)
Rootभरत-श्रेष्ठ
FormMasculine, Vocative, Singular

वैशम्पायन उवाच

V
Vaiśampāyana
B
Bharatas (Kuru lineage)
W
women (striyaḥ)
K
kurarī (osprey/fish-hawk)

Educational Q&A

The verse highlights the ethical and human consequences of war: victory and heroism are overshadowed by the suffering of innocents, urging compassion and sober reflection on dharma in the wake of violence.

The narrator describes the protagonist witnessing many groups of women crying out in anguish, their lament compared to the plaintive cries of kurarī birds—an image that intensifies the atmosphere of bereavement in the Strī Parva.