Shloka 19

Devanagari script

विप्रणष्टां श्रियं चैषामाहर्ता पुनरज्जसा । नास्य जेता रणे कश्चिदजेता नैष कस्यचित्‌

Transliteration

Vaiśaṃpāyana uvāca: vipraṇaṣṭāṃ śriyaṃ caiṣām āhartā punar ajjasā | nāsya jetā raṇe kaścid ajeta naiṣa kasyacit | dharmaputro mahābāhur vilalāpa suvistaram ||

Translation

ヴァイシャンパーヤナは語った。「彼は彼らの失われた福運さえも、たちまち取り戻してみせよう。戦場において彼に勝てる者はなく、また彼も誰にも敗れはしない。」倒れ伏す兄弟たちを目にして、強大な腕をもつダルマプトラ（ユディシュティラ）は久しく嘆き悲しんだ。この場面で示されるのは、彼の悲嘆が私的な哀しみにとどまらず、ダルマ（法・義務）の危機であるということだ。傷も足跡も見えぬまま正しき者が崩れ落ちた不可解さが、彼に心を鎮め、見えざる因を問い、混迷の中でも義務を守るべき応答を求めさせるのである。

Word by Word

• विप्रणष्टाम्: utterly lost
• विप्रणष्टाम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विप्रणष्ट (वि+प्र+नश्)
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• श्रियम्: fortune, prosperity
• श्रियम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्री
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

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

• एषाम्: of these (persons)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: एतद्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Genitive, Plural

• आहर्ता: restorer, bringer back
• आहर्ता: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: आहर्तृ (आ+हृ)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• पुनः: again
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पुनः

• अज्जसा: straightaway, surely
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अज्जस

• न: not
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न

• अस्य: of him
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Genitive, Singular

• जेता: conqueror (one who defeats)
• जेता: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: जेतृ (जि)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• रणे: in battle
• रणे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: रण
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• कश्चित्: anyone, someone
• कश्चित्: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: किम्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• अजेता: one who is not a conqueror (cannot conquer)
• अजेता: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: अजेतृ (न+जि)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• न: not
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न

• एषः: this one (he)
• एषः: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: एतद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• कस्यचित्: of anyone
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: किम्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Genitive, Singular

• धर्मपुत्रः: Dharma’s son (Yudhiṣṭhira)
• धर्मपुत्रः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: धर्मपुत्र
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• महाबाहुः: mighty-armed
• महाबाहुः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महाबाहु
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• विललाप: lamented
• Type: Verb
• Root: वि+लप्
• Form: Perfect (Liṭ), 3rd, Singular

• सुविस्तरम्: at great length, extensively
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सुविस्तर

Speaker

वैशग्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśaṃpāyana
• Dharmaputra (Yudhiṣṭhira)
• Arjuna
• Bhīmasena
• Nakula
• Sahadeva
• śrī (fortune/prosperity)
• raṇa (battle)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights steadiness in dharma amid shock: even when righteous order seems overturned (brothers fallen without visible cause), one must restrain despair, investigate rightly, and hold to duty—trusting that true strength restores lost śrī and is not easily overcome.

What is happening in the narrative?

After finding Arjuna and the other brothers fallen, Yudhiṣṭhira grieves intensely. The verse praises an unconquerable hero who can quickly restore their lost fortune, while the surrounding narrative (as reflected in the provided passage) shows Yudhiṣṭhira composing himself to determine what extraordinary force has struck them.