Shloka 1

Devanagari script

अफ--णकात अशीतितमो<्ध्याय: चित्रांगदाका विलाप, मूर्च्छासे जगनेपर बभ्रुवाहनका शोकोदगार और उलूपीके प्रयत्नसे संजीवनीमणिके द्वारा अर्जुनका पुनः जीवित होना वैशम्पायन उवाच ततो बहुतरं भीरुर्विलप्य कमलेक्षणा । मुमोह दुःखसंतप्ता पपात च महीतले,वैशम्पायनजी कहते हैं--जनमेजय! तदनन्तर भीरु स्वभाववाली कमलनयनी चित्रांगदा पतिवियोग-दुःखसे संतप्त होकर बहुत विलाप करती हुई मूर्च्छित हो गयी और पृथ्वीपर गिर पड़ी

Transliteration

vaiśampāyana uvāca | tato bahutaraṃ bhīrur vilapya kamalekṣaṇā | mumoh duḥkha-santaptā papāta ca mahītale ||

Translation

Vaiśampāyana berkata: Kemudian Citrāṅgadā yang bermata laksana teratai, yang sifatnya mudah gentar, meratap panjang. Hangus oleh pedih perpisahan daripada suami, dia pun pengsan lalu rebah ke tanah.

Word by Word

वैशम्पायनःVaishampayana

उवाचsaid

ततःthen/thereafter

बहुतरम्more/excessively (as an adverbial accusative)

भीरुःtimid (woman)

विलप्यhaving lamented

कमल-ईक्षणाlotus-eyed (woman)

मुमोहfainted/became unconscious

दुःख-संतप्ताtormented by sorrow

पपातfell

चand

मही-तलेon the ground/on the earth's surface

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

Citrāṅgadā

Janamejaya

earth/ground (mahītala)

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 human cost of conflict: sorrow and collapse follow separation and loss. Ethically, it invites compassion and responsible action from those who can heal or restore, rather than indifference to suffering.

What is happening in the narrative?

After the crisis involving Arjuna (in the surrounding episode), Citrāṅgadā is overwhelmed by grief at her husband’s separation and fate; she laments intensely, faints, and falls to the ground as Vaiśampāyana narrates to King Janamejaya.