Shloka 21

Yudhiṣṭhira’s Remorse and Vyāsa’s Teaching on Impermanence (Śoka-nivāraṇa)

Devanagari script

प्रावेशयमहं लुब्धो वाहिनी द्रोणपालिताम्‌ | तदाप्रभृति बीभत्सुं न शकनोमि निरीक्षितुम्‌

Transliteration

prāveśayam ahaṃ lubdho vāhinīṃ droṇapālitām | tadāprabhṛti bībhatsuṃ na śaknomi nirīkṣitum ||

Translation

ด้วยความโลภที่ทำให้ตาบอด ข้าพเจ้าได้ผลักกองทัพซึ่งท่านโทรณะคุ้มครองและบัญชาการให้เข้าสู่ศึก นับแต่นั้นมา ด้วยความละอายและสำนึกผิด ข้าพเจ้าไม่อาจเงยหน้ามองบีภัตสุ (อรชุน) ได้เลย

Word by Word

• प्रावेशयम्: I caused to enter / I led in
• प्रावेशयम्: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-विश् (causative: प्रवेशयति)
• Form: Imperfect (लङ्), 1st, Singular, Parasmaipada

• अहम्: I
• अहम्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: —, Nominative, Singular

• लुब्धः: greedy / covetous
• लुब्धः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: लुब्ध (from √लुभ्)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• वाहिनीम्: army / host
• वाहिनीम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: वाहिनी
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• द्रोणपालिताम्: protected/commanded by Droṇa
• द्रोणपालिताम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: द्रोण-पालित (पालित = past passive participle of √पाल्)
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• तदा: then
• तदा: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तदा

• प्रभृति: from (that time) onward
• प्रभृति: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: प्रभृति

• बीभत्सुम्: Bhībhatsu (Arjuna)
• बीभत्सुम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: बीभत्सु
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• न: not
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न

• शक्नोमि: I am able
• शक्नोमि: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: √शक्
• Form: Present (लट्), 1st, Singular, Parasmaipada

• निरीक्षितुम्: to look at / to behold
• निरीक्षितुम्: Karma
• Type: Verb
• Root: नि-√ईक्ष्
• Form: Infinitive (tumun)

Speaker

युधिछिर उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Yudhiṣṭhira
• Droṇa
• Bībhatsu (Arjuna)
• vāhinī (the army)