Shloka 18

Subhadrā’s Petition to Kṛṣṇa for the Revival of Parīkṣit (अभिमन्युज-प्राणरक्षा-प्रार्थना)

Devanagari script

सो<यं जातो मृतस्तात पश्यैनं पुरुषर्षभ । उत्तरां च सुभद्रां च द्रौपदी मां च माधव

Transliteration

so ’yaṃ jāto mṛtastāta paśyainaṃ puruṣarṣabha | uttarāṃ ca subhadrāṃ ca draupadīṃ māṃ ca mādhava ||

Translation

Sinabi ni Vaiśaṃpāyana: “Mahal kong kausap, ito ang batang iyon—isinilang na patay. O toro sa mga tao, masdan mo siya nang may habag. O Mādhava, sa pagbabalik mo ng kanyang buhay, ipagtanggol mo rin ako, kasama nina Uttarā, Subhadrā, at Draupadī.”

Word by Word

• सः: he/that one
• सः: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• अयम्: this (one)
• अयम्: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• जातः: born
• जातः: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: जन्
• Form: क्त (past passive participle), Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• मृतः: dead
• मृतः: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: मृ
• Form: क्त (past passive participle), Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• तात: O dear one / O father
• Type: Noun
• Root: तात
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• पश्य: see!
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश्
• Form: लोट् (imperative), Second, Singular, परस्मैपद

• एनम्: him/this one
• एनम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: एतद्
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• पुरुषर्षभ: O bull among men
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुरुष-ऋषभ
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• उत्तराम्: Uttarā
• उत्तराम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: उत्तरा
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

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

• सुभद्राम्: Subhadrā
• सुभद्राम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुभद्रा
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

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

• द्रौपदीम्: Draupadī
• द्रौपदीम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्रौपदी
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• माम्: me
• माम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: Common, Accusative, Singular

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

• माधव: O Mādhava (Kṛṣṇa)
• Type: Noun
• Root: माधव
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśaṃpāyana
• Mādhava (Kṛṣṇa)
• Uttarā
• Subhadrā
• Draupadī
• the newborn child (Parīkṣit, implied by context)