Shloka 17

अश्रमवासिनां विषादः — Lament in Hastināpura after the Elders’ Forest Withdrawal

Devanagari script

गान्धार्याश्वैव यद दुःखं हृदि तिष्ठति नित्यदा

Transliteration

gāndhāryāś caiva yad duḥkhaṁ hṛdi tiṣṭhati nityadā

Translation

మరియు గాంధారీకి చెందిన దుఃఖం—ఆమె హృదయంలో నిలిచిన ఏ శోకమైనా—అది నిత్యమూ అక్కడే ఉంటుంది।

Word by Word

• गान्धार्याः: of Gandhārī
• गान्धार्याः: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: गान्धारी
• Form: Feminine, Genitive, Singular

• एव: indeed/just
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव

• यत्: which/that (what)
• यत्: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद्
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• दुःखम्: sorrow, grief
• दुःखम्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: दुःख
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• हृदि: in the heart
• हृदि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: हृद्
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• तिष्ठति: remains, stays
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्था (तिष्ठ)
• Form: Present, Third, Singular, Parasmaipada

• नित्यदा: always, at all times
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नित्यदा

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Gāndhārī