Shloka 17

स्त्री-विलापः — गान्धार्याः रणभूमिदर्शनं शापवचनं च

Battlefield Lament and Gāndhārī’s Curse

Devanagari script

द्रोणेन द्रुपदं संख्ये पश्य माधव पातितम्‌ | महाद्विपमिवारण्ये सिंहेन महता हतम्‌

Transliteration

droṇena drupadaṃ saṅkhye paśya mādhava pātitam | mahādvipam ivāraṇye siṃhena mahatā hatam

Translation

ヴァイシャンパーヤナは言った。「見よ、マーダヴァよ。ドルパダは戦場のただ中でドローナに討ち倒された——それはあたかも、森にて大獅子が大象を斃すがごとく。」

Word by Word

• द्रोणेन: by Drona
• द्रोणेन: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्रोण
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• द्रुपदम्: Drupada
• द्रुपदम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्रुपद
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• संख्ये: in battle
• संख्ये: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: संख्या
• Form: Feminine, Locative, Singular

• पश्य: see (behold)
• Type: Verb
• Root: पश्
• Form: Imperative, Second, Singular

• माधव: O Madhava (Krishna)
• Type: Noun
• Root: माधव
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• पातितम्: felled, struck down
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पत्
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• महाद्विपम्: a great elephant
• महाद्विपम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: महाद्विप
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• इव: like, as
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इव

• अरण्ये: in the forest
• अरण्ये: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: अरण्य
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• सिंहेन: by a lion
• सिंहेन: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: सिंह
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• महता: great, mighty
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महत्
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• हतम्: slain, killed
• Type: Adjective
• Root: हन्
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Droṇa
• Drupada
• Mādhava (Kṛṣṇa)
• elephant
• lion
• forest
• battlefield