Shloka 22

Chapter 26: Śoka-pratiṣedha, Hata-saṅkhyā, Gati-vibhāga, Pretakārya-ājñā

Restraint of Grief, Count of the Slain, Destinies, and Funerary Directives

Devanagari script

न येषामस्ति संस्कर्ता न च ये>त्राहिताग्नय: । वयं च कस्य कुर्याम बहुत्वात्‌ तात कर्मणाम्‌,जिनका कोई संस्कार करनेवाला नहीं है तथा जो अन्निहोत्री नहीं रहे हैं, उनका भी प्रेतक्म तो करना ही होगा, तात! यहाँ तो बहुतोंके अन्त्येष्टि-कर्म करने हैं, हम किस- किसका करें?

Translation

“Aqueles que não têm quem lhes faça as exéquias, e também os que já não mantinham o fogo ritual (āhita-agni), devem igualmente receber os ritos dos mortos, meu filho. Mas aqui são muitos os atos de antyeṣṭi (as últimas cerimônias); de quais e de quantos poderemos cuidar?”

Word by Word

नnot

येषाम्of whom

अस्तिis/exists

संस्कर्ताone who performs rites; performer of samskāras

नnor/not

चand

येwho (those who)

अत्रhere

आहिताग्नयःthose who have established the sacred fires (āhitāgni-s)

वयम्we

चand/also

कस्यof whom; whose

कुर्यामshould we do/perform

बहुत्वात्because of the multitude

तातdear one; father (voc.)

कर्मणाम्of rites/acts (here: funeral rites)

Speaker

युधिछिर उवाच

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

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