Shloka 27

अध्याय १५ (Āśramavāsika-parva): धृतराष्ट्रस्य वनवासानुज्ञायाचनम् — Dhṛtarāṣṭra’s renewed plea for consent to forest-dwelling

Devanagari script

वनाच्चापि किमानीता भवत्या बालका वयम्‌ | दुःखशोकसमाविष्टौ माद्रीपुत्राविमौ तथा,“जब आपको वनमें ही जाना था, तब आप हमको और दु:ख-शोकमें डूबे हुए उन माद्रीकुमारोंको बाल्यावस्थामें वनसे नगरमें क्यों ले आयीं?

Transliteration

vanāc cāpi kim ānītā bhavatyā bālakā vayam | duḥkha-śoka-samāviṣṭau mādrī-putrāv imau tathā ||

Translation

ไวศัมปายนะกล่าวว่า “หากท้ายที่สุดเจ้าต้องไปสู่ป่าอยู่แล้ว เหตุใดเมื่อพวกเรายังเป็นเด็ก เจ้าจึงพาพวกเราออกจากป่ามายังนคร? และเหตุใดเจ้าจึงพาบุตรทั้งสองของมาทรี—ผู้จมอยู่ในทุกข์และโศก—มาด้วยเล่า?”

Word by Word

• वनात्: from the forest
• वनात्: Apadana
• Type: Noun
• Root: वन
• Form: Neuter, Ablative, Singular

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

• अपि: also/even
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि

• किम्: what/why
• किम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: किम्
• Form: Neuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular

• आनीताः: brought (having been brought)
• आनीताः: Karma
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ-नी (नी)
• Form: Past (PPP), Plural, Masculine, Nominative

• भवत्या: by you (lady)
• भवत्या: Karana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: भवत्
• Form: Feminine, Instrumental, Singular

• बालकाः: children/boys
• बालकाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: बालक
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• वयम्: we
• वयम्: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: Nominative, Plural

• दुःख: sorrow/pain
• Type: Noun
• Root: दुःख
• Form: Neuter, Stem (in compound), Singular

• शोक: grief
• Type: Noun
• Root: शोक
• Form: Masculine, Stem (in compound), Singular

• समाविष्टौ: immersed/overcome
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्-आ-विश् (विश्)
• Form: Past (PPP), Dual, Masculine, Nominative

• माद्री: Madri
• Type: Noun
• Root: माद्री
• Form: Feminine, Stem (in compound), Singular

• पुत्रौ: two sons
• पुत्रौ: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुत्र
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Dual

• इमौ: these two
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Dual

• तथा: thus/likewise
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Mādrī
• Mādrī’s two sons (Nakula and Sahadeva)
• forest (vana)
• city (implied: nagara)