Shloka 6

Adhyāya 33 — Yudhiṣṭhira’s Post-Conflict Remorse and Inquiry on Āśrama Discipline (शोक-विमर्शः, आश्रम-जिज्ञासा)

Devanagari script

दृष्टवा ज्ञातिवधं घोरं हतांश्न शतश: परान्‌ | कोटिशश्व नरानन्यान्‌ परितप्ये पितामह

Transliteration

dṛṣṭvā jñātivadhaṃ ghoraṃ hatāṃś ca śataśaḥ parān | koṭiśaś ca narān anyān paritapye pitāmaha ||

Translation

Yudhiṣṭhira berkata: “Wahai Datuk! Setelah menyaksikan pembunuhan dahsyat terhadap kaum kerabatku sendiri, dan melihat ratusan yang lain terbunuh—bahkan manusia yang tidak terbilang jumlahnya selain itu—aku dilalap penyesalan, wahai Datuk.”

Word by Word

• दृष्ट्वा: having seen
• दृष्ट्वा: Adhikarana
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश्
• Form: क्त्वा (absolutive/gerund), कर्तरि

• ज्ञाति-वधम्: the killing of kinsmen
• ज्ञाति-वधम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: ज्ञाति + वध
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• घोरम्: terrible
• घोरम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: घोर
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• हतान्: slain
• हतान्: Karma
• Type: Verb
• Root: हन्
• Form: क्त (past passive participle), Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• शतशः: by hundreds
• शतशः: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: शत

• परान्: others/enemies
• परान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: पर
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• कोटिशः: by crores; in tens of millions
• कोटिशः: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: कोटि

• नरान्: men
• नरान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: नर
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• अन्यान्: other
• अन्यान्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अन्य
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• परितप्ये: I grieve; I am tormented
• परितप्ये: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: परि + तप्
• Form: लट्, आत्मनेपद, First, Singular

• पितामह: O grandsire
• पितामह: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: पितामह
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

Speaker

युधिछिर उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Yudhiṣṭhira
• Bhīṣma (Pitāmaha)
• kinsmen (jñāti)
• men/people (narāḥ)