Shloka 15

Dhṛtarāṣṭra’s Anxiety and Sañjaya’s Report on the Pandavas’ Coalition

Kāmyaka Context

Devanagari script

शेषं कुर्याद्‌ गिरेवज्रो निपतन्‌ मूर्थ्नि संजय । नतु कुर्यु: शरा: शेषं क्षिप्तास्तात किरीटिना,संजय! पर्वतके शिखरपर गिरनेवाला वज्र भले ही कुछ बाकी छोड़ दे; किंतु तात! किरीटधारी अर्जुनके चलाये हुए बाण कुछ भी शेष नहीं छोड़ेंगे

Transliteration

śeṣaṃ kuryād girevajro nipatan mūrdhni saṃjaya | na tu kuryuḥ śarāḥ śeṣaṃ kṣiptās tāta kirīṭinā ||

Translation

Sinabi ni Vaiśampāyana: “O Saṃjaya, kahit ang kulog na kidlat na bumabagsak sa tuktok ng bundok ay maaaring may maiwan pa; ngunit ang mga palasong pinakawalan ng koronadong Arjuna, mahal kong kausap, ay walang iiwan ni anuman.”

Word by Word

शेषम्remainder; what is left

कुर्यात्might make; could leave

गिराby/like a mountain

इवlike; as

वज्रःthunderbolt

निपतन्falling down

मूर्ध्निon the head/top (summit)

संजयO Sañjaya

नnot

तुbut

कुर्युःwould make; would leave

शराःarrows

शेषम्any remainder

क्षिप्ताःthrown; discharged

तातO dear one; O son

किरीटिनाby the diadem-wearer (Arjuna)

संजयO Sañjaya

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśaṃpāyana

Saṃjaya

Arjuna (Kirīṭin)

vajra (thunderbolt)

giri (mountain)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Geographic Context

Sandhi Notes