Shloka 5

Śama-prāptiḥ — Gautamī–Lubdhaka–Pannaga–Mṛtyu–Kāla-saṃvāda

Restraint through the Analysis of Karma and Time

Devanagari script

अतः कष्टतरं कि नु मत्कृते यत्‌ पितामह: । इमामवस्थां गमितः: प्रत्यमित्रै रणाजिरे,मेरे ही कारण समराड्डणमें शत्रुओंने जो पितामहको इस अवस्थामें पहुँचा दिया, इससे बढ़कर कष्टकी बात और क्या हो सकती है?

Transliteration

ataḥ kaṣṭataraṃ ki nu matkṛte yat pitāmahaḥ | imām avasthāṃ gamitaḥ pratyamitraiḥ raṇājire ||

Translation

युधिष्ठिर उवाच—अतः कष्टतरं किं नु मत्कृते यत् पितामहः प्रत्यमित्रै रणाजिरे इमामवस्थां गमितः?

Word by Word

अतःtherefore, hence

कष्टतरम्more painful (thing)

किम्what?

नुindeed, pray (interrogative particle)

मत्कृतेfor my sake / because of me

यत्which (that)

पितामहःgrandfather (Bhīṣma)

इमाम्this

अवस्थाम्condition, state

गमितःmade to go / brought (to)

प्रत्यमित्रैःby opposing enemies

रणाजिरेin the battlefield

Speaker

युधिछिर उवाच

Characters & Entities

Yudhiṣṭhira

Bhīṣma (Pitāmaha)

enemy warriors (Pratyamitra)

battlefield (Raṇājira)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Geographic Context

Sandhi Notes