Shloka 26

अभिमन्युविलापः (Abhimanyu-vilāpa) — Uttarā’s lament, observed and framed by Gandhārī

Devanagari script

नूनमप्सरसां स्वर्गे मनांसि प्रमथिष्यसि । परमेण च रूपेण गिरा च स्मितपूर्वया,“निश्चय ही स्वर्गमें जाकर आप अपने सुन्दर रूप और मन्द मुसकानयुक्त मधुर वाणीके द्वारा वहाँकी अप्सराओंके मनको मथ डालेंगे

Transliteration

nūnam apsarasāṃ svarge manāṃsi pramathiṣyasi | parameṇa ca rūpeṇa girā ca smitapūrvayā |

Translation

ໄວສັມປາຍະນະ ກ່າວວ່າ: «ແນ່ນອນ ເມື່ອເຈົ້າໄປຮອດສະຫວັນ ເຈົ້າຈະເຮັດໃຫ້ໃຈຂອງນາງອັບສະຣາທັງຫຼາຍທີ່ນັ້ນ ຖືກກວນແລະຫວັ່ນໄຫວ—ດ້ວຍຄວາມງາມອັນສູງສຸດຂອງເຈົ້າ ແລະດ້ວຍຖ້ອຍຄໍາຫວານອ່ອນ ທີ່ນໍາໜ້າດ້ວຍຮອຍຍິ້ມອ່ອນໂຍນ»។

Word by Word

नूनम्surely, indeed

अप्सरसाम्of the Apsarases

स्वर्गेin heaven

मनांसिminds

प्रमथिष्यसिyou will churn/agitate

परमेणwith the supreme/excellent

चand

रूपेणby/with (your) beauty/form

गिराby/with (your) speech/voice

चand

स्मितपूर्वयाwith (speech) preceded by a smile

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśaṃpāyana

Svarga

Apsarases

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights the power of beauty and gentle speech to move minds, while—within the Strī-parvan’s mourning—also reminding the reader that such praise arises amid irreversible loss, sharpening the ethical contrast between human suffering and imagined heavenly reward.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśaṃpāyana narrates a remark that the addressed person, upon reaching heaven, will captivate even the celestial Apsarases through exceptional beauty and smiling, sweet words—an image set against the broader backdrop of post-war lamentation in the Strī-parvan.