Shloka 21

Abhimanyu’s Śrāddha; Vyāsa’s Assurance of the Unborn Heir (अभिमन्योः श्राद्धं तथा गर्भरक्षणोपदेशः)

Devanagari script

नूनं च स गतः स्वर्ग जहि शोकं॑ महामते

Transliteration

nūnaṃ ca sa gataḥ svargaṃ jahi śokaṃ mahāmate

Translation

नूनं च स गतः स्वर्गं जहि शोकं महामते ॥

Word by Word

• नूनम्: surely, indeed
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नूनम्

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

• सः: he
• सः: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• गतः: gone
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम्
• Form: क्त (past passive participle), Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• स्वर्गम्: to heaven
• स्वर्गम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्वर्ग
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• जहि: abandon; give up; slay
• Type: Verb
• Root: हन्
• Form: लोट् (imperative), Second, Singular, Parasmaipada

• शोकम्: grief
• शोकम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: शोक
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• महामते: O great-minded one
• Type: Noun
• Root: महामति
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse teaches ethical composure in bereavement: when a person has met a righteous end and attained svarga, one should restrain debilitating sorrow and return to one’s duties with steadiness.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśampāyana, narrating the events, offers consolation to a listener addressed as “mahāmate,” asserting that the departed has reached heaven and urging the hearer to abandon grief.