Shloka 25

Gāndhārī’s Battlefield Survey: The Fallen and the Onset of Funeral Rites (शल्य-भगीरथ-भीष्म-द्रोणादि-दर्शनम्)

Devanagari script

धर्मेषु कुरव: क॑ नु परिप्रक्ष्यन्ति माधव । गते देवब्ते स्वर्ग देवकल्पे नरर्षभे,माधव! इन देवतुल्य नरश्रेष्ठ देवव्रतके स्वर्गलोकमें चले जानेपर अब कौरव किसके पास जाकर धर्मविषयक प्रश्न करेंगे

Transliteration

dharmeṣu kuravaḥ kaṃ nu paripṛcchanti mādhava | gate devavrte svargaṃ devakalpe nararṣabhe ||

Translation

Vaiśaṃpāyana berkata: “Wahai Mādhava, kini setelah Devavrata—Bhīṣma, banteng di antara manusia, laksana dewa—telah berangkat ke syurga, kepada siapakah kaum Kaurava akan pergi untuk bertanya tentang dharma?”

Word by Word

• धर्मेषु: in matters of dharma
• धर्मेषु: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: धर्म
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Plural

• कुरवः: the Kurus
• कुरवः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: कुरु
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• कम्: whom
• कम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: किम्
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• नु: indeed/now (emphatic particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नु

• परिप्रक्ष्यन्ति: will ask/inquire (fully)
• Type: Verb
• Root: परि-प्रच्छ्
• Form: Future, Third, Plural, Parasmaipada

• माधव: O Mādhava (Krishna)
• माधव: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: माधव
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• गते: when (he) has gone
• गते: Adhikarana
• Type: Participle
• Root: गम्
• Form: Past Passive Participle (क्त), Masculine, Locative, Singular

• देवव्रते: in/when Devavrata (Bhīṣma)
• देवव्रते: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: देवव्रत
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• स्वर्गम्: to heaven
• स्वर्गम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्वर्ग
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• देवकल्पे: in/when (he) god-like
• Type: Adjective
• Root: देवकल्प
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• नरर्षभे: in/when the bull among men (best of men)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नरर्षभ
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Mādhava (Kṛṣṇa)
• Kuravaḥ/Kauravas
• Devavrata (Bhīṣma)
• Svarga (heaven)