Shloka 14

Brahmāstra-pratisaṃhāraḥ, Parīkṣit-nāmakaraṇam, Nagarotsava-varṇanam

Withdrawal of the Brahmāstra; Naming of Parīkṣit; Description of Civic Festivities

Devanagari script

एवं विप्रलपन्तीं तु दृष्टवा निपतितां पुनः । उत्तरां तां स्त्रियं सर्वा: पुनरुत्थापयंस्तत:,इस प्रकार विलाप करती हुई उत्तराको पुनः पृथ्वीपर पड़ी देख सब स्त्रियोंने उसे फिर उठाकर बिठाया

Transliteration

evaṁ vipralapantīṁ tu dṛṣṭvā nipatitāṁ punaḥ | uttarāṁ tāṁ striyaḥ sarvāḥ punar utthāpayans tataḥ ||

Translation

ఇలా విలపిస్తూ ఉత్తరా మళ్లీ నేలపై కూలిపోవడం చూసి, అక్కడున్న స్త్రీలందరూ వెంటనే ఆమెను ఎత్తి మళ్లీ నిలబెట్టి (లేదా కూర్చోబెట్టి) ఆదరించారు.

Word by Word

• एवम्: thus
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम्

• विप्रलपन्तीम्: lamenting, wailing
• विप्रलपन्तीम्: Karma
• Type: Verb
• Root: विप्रलप्
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular, शतृ (present active participle)

• तु: but/indeed
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु

• दृष्ट्वा: having seen
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश्
• Form: क्त्वा (absolutive/gerund)

• निपतिताम्: fallen down
• निपतिताम्: Karma
• Type: Verb
• Root: नि-पत्
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular, क्त (past passive participle)

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

• उत्तराम्: Uttarā (proper name)
• उत्तराम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: उत्तरā (नामन्)
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• ताम्: her/that
• ताम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• स्त्रियम्: woman
• स्त्रियम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्त्री
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• सर्वाः: all
• सर्वाः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Plural

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

• उत्थापयन्: raising, making (her) get up
• उत्थापयन्: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: उत्-स्था (णिच्)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural, शतृ (present active participle)

• ततः: then/thereupon
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Uttarā
• the women (striyaḥ)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Even in overwhelming sorrow, dharmic conduct is sustained through communal care: the women respond to collapse not with spectacle but with practical compassion, restoring the grieving person to steadiness.

What is happening in the narrative?

Uttarā, overcome with lamentation, falls to the ground again; seeing this, all the women present lift her up and help her sit/stand, continuing the scene of mourning and support.