Shloka 283

Chapter 59: Baladeva’s Censure, Keśava’s Restraint, and Yudhiṣṭhira’s Moral Accounting

Devanagari script

कथं द्रक्ष्यामि विधवा वधू: शोकपरिप्लुता: । “भला, मैं भाइयों और पुत्रोंकी उन शोकविह्नलला और दु:खमें डूबी हुई विधवा बहुओंको कैसे देख सकूँगा

Transliteration

kathaṁ drakṣyāmi vidhavā vadhūḥ śokapariplutāḥ |

Translation

ସଞ୍ଜୟ କହିଲେ—“ଶୋକରେ ଡୁବିଥିବା, ବିଧବା ହୋଇପଡ଼ିଥିବା ସେଇ ବଧୂମାନଙ୍କୁ ମୁଁ କିପରି ଦେଖିପାରିବି?”

Word by Word

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

• द्रक्ष्यामि: shall see
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश्
• Form: Lakara: Lृट् (simple future), Pada: Parasmaipada, Person: 1st, Number: Singular

• विधवाः: widowed
• विधवाः: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विधवा
• Form: Gender: Feminine, Case: Nominative, Number: Plural

• वधूः: daughters-in-law / brides
• वधूः: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: वधू
• Form: Gender: Feminine, Case: Accusative, Number: Plural

• शोकपरिप्लुताः: overwhelmed/immersed in grief
• शोकपरिप्लुताः: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शोक-परिप्लुत
• Form: Gender: Feminine, Case: Nominative, Number: Plural

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• widowed daughters-in-law (vadhūḥ)