Shloka 4

Gandhārī’s Lament for Bhūriśravas and Śakuni

Book 11, Chapter 24

Devanagari script

दिष्ट्या नैनं महाराज दारुणं भरतक्षयम्‌ । कुरुसंक्रन्दनं घोर युगान्तमनुपश्यसि,“महाराज! सौभाग्यसे आपको यह भरतवंशियोंका दारुण विनाश, घोर प्रलयके समान कुरुकुलका महासंहार देखनेका अवसर नहीं मिला है

Transliteration

diṣṭyā nainaṃ mahārāja dāruṇaṃ bharatakṣayam | kurusaṃkrandanaṃ ghoraṃ yugāntam anupaśyasi ||

Translation

“ਹੇ ਮਹਾਰਾਜ, ਭਾਗਾਂ ਨਾਲ ਤੁਹਾਨੂੰ ਭਰਤਵੰਸ਼ ਦਾ ਇਹ ਦਾਰੁਣ ਨਾਸ—ਕੁਰੂਆਂ ਦਾ ਇਹ ਘੋਰ ਚੀਖ-ਪੁਕਾਰ ਭਰਿਆ ਸੰਹਾਰ, ਯੁਗਾਂਤ ਦੇ ਪ੍ਰਲਯ ਵਰਗਾ—ਵੇਖਣਾ ਨਹੀਂ ਪਿਆ।”

Word by Word

• दिष्ट्या: fortunately; by good luck
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: दिष्टि
• Form: Avyaya (interjection/adverbial: 'fortunately')

• न: not
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न
• Form: Negation particle

• एनम्: this (one/thing)
• एनम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: एतद्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• महाराज: O great king
• Type: Noun
• Root: महाराज
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• दारुणम्: terrible; dreadful
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दारुण
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• भरतक्षयम्: destruction of the Bharatas
• भरतक्षयम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: भरतक्षय
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• कुरुसंक्रन्दनम्: the great wailing/crying among the Kurus
• कुरुसंक्रन्दनम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: कुरुसंक्रन्दन
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• घोरम्: horrific; dreadful
• Type: Adjective
• Root: घोर
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• युगान्तम्: the end of an age; world-ending time
• युगान्तम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: युगान्त
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• अनुपश्यसि: you behold; you witness
• Type: Verb
• Root: अनु√पश्
• Form: Present (Lat), Parasmaipada, 2nd person, Singular

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Mahārāja (the king addressed)
• Bharatas
• Kurus