Shloka 41

Vyāsa’s Boon-Offer and Dhṛtarāṣṭra’s Remorse in the Forest Assembly (आश्रमवासिक पर्व, अध्याय ३६)

Devanagari script

अहो धिगिति राजा तु विक्रुश्य भृशदु:खित:

Transliteration

aho dhig iti rājā tu vikruśya bhṛśa-duḥkhitaḥ

Translation

Disse Vaiśampāyana: “Ai de mim! Vergonha!”—assim bradou o rei, gemendo em aflição, vencido por uma dor intensíssima. A exclamação trazia repulsa moral e auto-reprovação: um instante em que o luto se converte em juízo ético sobre o ocorrido.

Word by Word

• अहो: alas!/oh!
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अहो
• Form: Avyaya (exclamation)

• धिग्: fie!/shame!
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: धिग्
• Form: Avyaya (censure/exclamation)

• इति: thus (saying)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति
• Form: Avyaya (quotative)

• राजा: the king
• राजा: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजन्
• Form: Masculine, nominative, singular

• तु: but/indeed
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु
• Form: Avyaya (particle)

• विक्रुश्य: having cried out
• Type: Verb
• Root: वि-√क्रुश्
• Form: Absolutive (क्त्वा/ल्यप्), from vi-√kruś (to cry out), indeclinable

• भृशदुःखितः: deeply distressed
• भृशदुःखितः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: भृश-दुःखित
• Form: Masculine, nominative, singular

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• the king (rājā)