Shloka 58

Babhruvāhana’s Lament and Appeal for Expiation (प्रायश्चित्त-याचना)

Devanagari script

किमिदं लक्ष्यते सर्व शोकविस्मयहर्षवत्‌ । रणाजिरममित्रघ्न यदि जानासि शंस मे

Transliteration

kim idaṃ lakṣyate sarvaṃ śoka-vismaya-harṣavat | raṇājiram amitraghna yadi jānāsi śaṃsa me ||

Translation

ବୈଶମ୍ପାୟନ କହିଲେ— “ହେ ଅମିତ୍ରଘ୍ନ ବୀରପୁତ୍ର! ଏହି ସମଗ୍ର ରଣାଙ୍ଗଣ କାହିଁକି ଏକାସାଥିରେ ଶୋକ, ବିସ୍ମୟ ଓ ହର୍ଷରେ ଯୁକ୍ତ ଦେଖାଯାଉଛି? ଯଦି ଜାଣୁଛ, ମୋତେ କୁହ।”

Word by Word

• किम्: what?
• किम्: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: किम्
• Form: neuter, nominative/accusative, singular

• इदम्: this
• इदम्: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम्
• Form: neuter, nominative, singular

• लक्ष्यते: is seen/appears
• लक्ष्यते: Karma
• Type: Verb
• Root: लक्ष्
• Form: present, indicative, passive, third, singular

• सर्वम्: all, entire
• सर्वम्: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व
• Form: neuter, nominative/accusative, singular

• शोक-विस्मय-हर्ष-वत्: possessed of grief, wonder, and joy
• शोक-विस्मय-हर्ष-वत्: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शोक + विस्मय + हर्ष + वत्
• Form: neuter, nominative/accusative, singular

• रणाजिरम्: battlefield
• रणाजिरम्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: रणाजिर
• Form: neuter, nominative/accusative, singular

• अमित्रघ्न: O slayer of foes
• अमित्रघ्न: Sampradana
• Type: Noun (vocative epithet)
• Root: अमित्रघ्न
• Form: masculine, vocative, singular

• यदि: if
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यदि

• जानासि: you know
• जानासि: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: ज्ञा
• Form: present, indicative, active, second, singular

• शंस: tell, declare
• शंस: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: शंस्
• Form: imperative, imperative, active, second, singular

• मे: to me / for me
• मे: Sampradana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: dative/genitive, singular

Speaker

वैशमग्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśaṃpāyana
• amitraghna (addressed hero/son)
• raṇājira (battlefield)