Shloka 19

Devanagari script

विप्रणष्टां श्रियं चैषामाहर्ता पुनरज्जसा । नास्य जेता रणे कश्चिदजेता नैष कस्यचित्‌

Transliteration

Vaiśaṃpāyana uvāca: vipraṇaṣṭāṃ śriyaṃ caiṣām āhartā punar ajjasā | nāsya jetā raṇe kaścid ajeta naiṣa kasyacit | dharmaputro mahābāhur vilalāpa suvistaram ||

Translation

Вайшампаяна сказал: «Он быстро восстановит даже утраченное ими благополучие. В битве нет никого, кто мог бы одолеть его; и сам он никогда не бывает побеждён кем-либо». Увидев братьев, павших на землю, могучерукий Дхармасутра (Юдхиштхира) долго и горестно рыдал. Этот отрывок показывает его скорбь не только как личное горе, но как кризис дхармы: необъяснимое падение праведных (без видимых ран и без следов) вынуждает его укрепить ум, вопрошать о невидимых причинах и искать ответ, который сохранит долг среди смятения.

Word by Word

• विप्रणष्टाम्: utterly lost
• विप्रणष्टाम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विप्रणष्ट (वि+प्र+नश्)
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• श्रियम्: fortune, prosperity
• श्रियम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्री
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• एषाम्: of these (persons)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: एतद्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Genitive, Plural

• आहर्ता: restorer, bringer back
• आहर्ता: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: आहर्तृ (आ+हृ)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• पुनः: again
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पुनः

• अज्जसा: straightaway, surely
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अज्जस

• न: not
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न

• अस्य: of him
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Genitive, Singular

• जेता: conqueror (one who defeats)
• जेता: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: जेतृ (जि)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• रणे: in battle
• रणे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: रण
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• कश्चित्: anyone, someone
• कश्चित्: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: किम्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• अजेता: one who is not a conqueror (cannot conquer)
• अजेता: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: अजेतृ (न+जि)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• न: not
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न

• एषः: this one (he)
• एषः: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: एतद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• कस्यचित्: of anyone
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: किम्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Genitive, Singular

• धर्मपुत्रः: Dharma’s son (Yudhiṣṭhira)
• धर्मपुत्रः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: धर्मपुत्र
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• महाबाहुः: mighty-armed
• महाबाहुः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महाबाहु
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• विललाप: lamented
• Type: Verb
• Root: वि+लप्
• Form: Perfect (Liṭ), 3rd, Singular

• सुविस्तरम्: at great length, extensively
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सुविस्तर

Speaker

वैशग्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśaṃpāyana
• Dharmaputra (Yudhiṣṭhira)
• Arjuna
• Bhīmasena
• Nakula
• Sahadeva
• śrī (fortune/prosperity)
• raṇa (battle)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights steadiness in dharma amid shock: even when righteous order seems overturned (brothers fallen without visible cause), one must restrain despair, investigate rightly, and hold to duty—trusting that true strength restores lost śrī and is not easily overcome.

What is happening in the narrative?

After finding Arjuna and the other brothers fallen, Yudhiṣṭhira grieves intensely. The verse praises an unconquerable hero who can quickly restore their lost fortune, while the surrounding narrative (as reflected in the provided passage) shows Yudhiṣṭhira composing himself to determine what extraordinary force has struck them.