Shloka 21
Abhimanyu’s Śrāddha; Vyāsa’s Assurance of the Unborn Heir (अभिमन्योः श्राद्धं तथा गर्भरक्षणोपदेशः)
Devanagari script
नूनं च स गतः स्वर्ग जहि शोकं॑ महामते
Transliteration
nūnaṃ ca sa gataḥ svargaṃ jahi śokaṃ mahāmate
Translation
ໄວສຳປາຍະນະ ກ່າວວ່າ: “ແນ່ນອນເຂົາໄດ້ໄປສູ່ສະຫວັນແລ້ວ; ດັ່ງນັ້ນ ໂອ ຜູ້ໃຈກວ້າງ, ຈົ່ງລະທິ້ງຄວາມໂສກ.”
Word by Word
नूनम्surely, indeed
नूनम्:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootनूनम्
चand
च:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच
सःhe
सः:
Karta
TypePronoun
Rootतद्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
गतःgone
गतः:
TypeVerb
Rootगम्
Formक्त (past passive participle), Masculine, Nominative, Singular
स्वर्गम्to heaven
स्वर्गम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootस्वर्ग
FormMasculine, Accusative, Singular
जहिabandon; give up; slay
जहि:
TypeVerb
Rootहन्
Formलोट् (imperative), Second, Singular, Parasmaipada
शोकम्grief
शोकम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootशोक
FormMasculine, Accusative, Singular
महामतेO great-minded one
महामते:
TypeNoun
Rootमहामति
FormMasculine, Vocative, Singular
Speaker
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Characters & Entities
V
VaiśampāyanaCharacter Dynamics
Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)
War Context
Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)
Philosophical Teaching
Political Layer
Meter (Chandas)
Sandhi Notes
Educational Q&A
The verse teaches ethical composure in bereavement: when a person has met a righteous end and attained svarga, one should restrain debilitating sorrow and return to one’s duties with steadiness.
Vaiśampāyana, narrating the events, offers consolation to a listener addressed as “mahāmate,” asserting that the departed has reached heaven and urging the hearer to abandon grief.