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

ໄວສຳປາຍະນະ ກ່າວວ່າ: «ທ່ານຜູ້ນັ້ນຈະຟື້ນຟູຄືນຢ່າງວ່ອງໄວ ແມ່ນແຕ່ໂຊກລາບທີ່ເຂົາເຄີຍສູນເສຍ. ໃນສົງຄາມບໍ່ມີໃຜຊະນະທ່ານໄດ້; ແລະທ່ານກໍບໍ່ເຄີຍຖືກໃຜຊະນະ»។ ເມື່ອເຫັນພີ່ນ້ອງຂອງຕົນນອນລົ້ມຢູ່ ທ່ານທຳມະບຸດ ຢຸທິສະຖິຣ ຜູ້ແຂນແຮງ ກໍຄຳຄວນຮ້ອງໄຫ້ຢ່າງຍາວນານ. ຕອນນີ້ຊີ້ໃຫ້ເຫັນວ່າ ຄວາມໂສກຂອງລາວບໍ່ແມ່ນແຕ່ທຸກສ່ວນຕົວ ແຕ່ເປັນວິກິດແຫ່ງທຳມະ: ການລົ້ມລົງຢ່າງລຶກລັບຂອງຜູ້ຊອບທຳ (ບໍ່ມີບາດແຜ ແລະບໍ່ມີຮອຍຕີນ) ບັງຄັບໃຫ້ລາວຕັ້ງຈິດໃຫ້ໝັ້ນ ສືບຖາມຫາເຫດທີ່ມອງບໍ່ເຫັນ ແລະຫາທາງຕອບສະໜອງທີ່ຮັກສາໜ້າທີ່ໃນຄວາມງົດງົນ.

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.