Shloka 13

Duryodhana’s Post-Duel Lament and Instructions (भग्नसक्थस्य विलापः)

Devanagari script

कथं दुःखमिदं तीव्रं गान्धारी सा सहिष्यति । श्रुत्वा विनिहतं पुत्रं छलेनाजिह्ययोधिनम्‌,उनका पुत्र सरलतासे युद्ध कर रहा था; परंतु छलसे मारा गया। यह सुनकर गान्धारी देवी इस तीव्र दुःखको कैसे सह सकेंगी?

Transliteration

kathaṁ duḥkham idaṁ tīvraṁ gāndhārī sā sahiṣyati | śrutvā vinihataṁ putraṁ chalena ajihyayodhinam |

Translation

ဝိုင်ရှမ္ပာယနက ပြောသည်—“လှည့်စားမှုမရှိဘဲ တည့်တည့်မတ်မတ် တိုက်ခိုက်နေသော သူမ၏ သားကို လှည့်ကွက်ဖြင့် သတ်လိုက်ကြောင်း ကြားသိလျှင်၊ ဂန္ဓာရီသည် ဤပြင်းထန်သော ဝမ်းနည်းမှုကို မည်သို့ ခံနိုင်မည်နည်း?”

Word by Word

• कथम्: how?
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: कथम्

• दुःखम्: sorrow, pain
• दुःखम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: दुःख
• Form: Neuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular

• इदम्: this
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम्
• Form: Neuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular

• तीव्रम्: intense, severe
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तीव्र
• Form: Neuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular

• गान्धारी: Gandhārī
• गान्धारी: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: गान्धारी
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• सा: she
• सा: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• सहिष्यति: will endure, will bear
• Type: Verb
• Root: सह्
• Form: Simple Future (Luṭ), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• श्रुत्वा: having heard
• Type: Verb
• Root: श्रु
• Form: क्त्वा (absolutive/gerund), Parasmaipada (usage)

• विनिहतम्: slain, killed
• Type: Verb
• Root: वि-नि-हन्
• Form: क्त (past passive participle), Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• पुत्रम्: son
• पुत्रम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुत्र
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• छलेन: by deceit, by trickery
• छलेन: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: छल
• Form: Neuter, Instrumental, Singular

• अजिह्ययोधिनम्: one who fights without wavering (not turning away)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अजिह्य-योधिन्
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Gāndhārī
• her son (a Kaurava prince)