Shloka 19

Yudhiṣṭhira’s Lament for Karṇa and Renunciation-Oriented Self-Assessment (शोक-प्रलापः / त्याग-प्रवृत्तिः)

Devanagari script

यदैषामम्ब पितरौ जातकामावुभावपि । संजातधनरत्नेषु तदैव निहता नृपा:,माँ! इन राजाओंके माता-पिता जब इनके द्वारा उपार्जित धन और रत्न आदिके उपभोगकी आशा करने लगे, तभी ये मारे गये

Transliteration

yad eṣām amba pitarau jātakāmāv ubhāv api | sañjātadhana-ratneṣu tadaiva nihatā nṛpāḥ ||

Translation

Yudhiṣṭhira disse: “Mãe, quando os pais e as mães desses reis — ambos — começaram a esperar desfrutar das riquezas e joias adquiridas por seus filhos, naquele exato momento esses reis foram mortos.”

Word by Word

• यदा: when
• यदा: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यदा

• एषाम्: of these (kings)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम्
• Form: any, Genitive, Plural

• अम्ब: O mother!
• Type: Noun
• Root: अम्बा/अम्ब
• Form: Feminine, Vocative, Singular

• पितरौ: the two parents (father and mother)
• पितरौ: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: पितृ
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Dual

• जातकामौ: having desire arisen (eager)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: जातकाम
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Dual

• उभौ: both
• Type: Pronoun/Adjective
• Root: उभ
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Dual

• अपि: also/indeed
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि

• संजातधनरत्नेषु: in (their) acquired wealth and jewels
• संजातधनरत्नेषु: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: संजातधनरत्न
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Plural

• तदा: then
• तदा: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तदा

• एव: just/indeed
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव

• निहताः: were slain
• Type: Verb
• Root: नि-हन्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural, Past passive participle (क्त)

• नृपाः: kings
• नृपाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: नृप
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

Speaker

युधिछिर उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Yudhiṣṭhira
• amba (mother, addressed figure)
• nṛpāḥ (kings)
• pitarau (parents)
• dhana (wealth)
• ratna (jewels)