Mahabharata — Shalya Parva, Shloka 28
Duryodhana’s Post-Duel Lament and Instructions (भग्नसक्थस्य विलापः)
Devanagari script
हेतुकारणसंयुक्तैर्वाक्यै: कालसमीरितै: । क्षिप्रमेव महाबाहो गान्धारीं शमयिष्यसि
Transliteration
hetukāraṇasaṁyuktair vākyaiḥ kālasamīritaiḥ | kṣipram eva mahābāho gāndhārīṁ śamayīṣyasi ||
Translation
மகாபாஹோ, காரணமும் யுக்தியும் இணைந்த, காலத்திற்கேற்ற சொற்களால் நீ விரைவில் காந்தாரியை அமைதிப்படுத்துவாய்.
Word by Word
हेतु-कारण-संयुक्तैःwith (words) connected with reasons and causes
हेतु-कारण-संयुक्तैः:
Karana
TypeAdjective
Rootहेतुकारणसंयुक्त (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine/Neuter, Instrumental, Plural
वाक्यैःwith sentences/words
वाक्यैः:
Karana
TypeNoun
Rootवाक्य (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter, Instrumental, Plural
काल-समीरितैःuttered at the proper time / time-prompted
काल-समीरितैः:
Karana
TypeAdjective
Rootकालसमीरित (प्रातिपदिक; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त from सम्-ईर्)
FormMasculine/Neuter, Instrumental, Plural
क्षिप्रम्quickly
क्षिप्रम्:
Adhikarana
TypeIndeclinable
Rootक्षिप्र (प्रातिपदिक)
एवindeed/just
एव:
Adhikarana
TypeIndeclinable
Rootएव
महाबाहोO mighty-armed one
महाबाहो:
TypeNoun (vocative epithet)
Rootमहाबाहु (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Vocative, Singular
गान्धारीम्Gandhārī
गान्धारीम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootगान्धारी (प्रातिपदिक)
FormFeminine, Accusative, Singular
शमयिष्यसिyou will pacify/console
शमयिष्यसि:
TypeVerb
Rootशम् (धातु; causative stem शमय-)
FormSimple Future (लृट्), Second, Singular, Parasmaipada
Speaker
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Characters & Entities
V
VaiśampāyanaG
GāndhārīCharacter Dynamics
Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)
War Context
Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)
Philosophical Teaching
Political Layer
Geographic Context
Meter (Chandas)
Sandhi Notes
Educational Q&A
Grief and anger are best addressed through timely, reasoned speech grounded in clear causes—counsel that respects both emotion and dharma.
The narrator Vaiśampāyana predicts that the addressed hero (“mahābāho”) will soon calm Gāndhārī by speaking to her with appropriate, well-reasoned words in the tense aftermath of the war.