Shloka 13

Adhyāya 125: Raṅga-pradarśana — Arjuna’s Entry and Astric Demonstration (रङ्गप्रदर्शनम्)

Devanagari script

ततो माद्री समालिड्र्य राजानं गतचेतसम्‌ । मुमोच दुःखजं शब्दं पुन: पुनरतीव हि,तब माद्री राजाके शवसे लिपटकर बार-बार अत्यन्त दुःखभरी वाणीमें विलाप करने लगी

Transliteration

tato mādrī samāliḍhya rājānaṃ gatacetasaṃ | mumoca duḥkhajaṃ śabdaṃ punaḥ punar atīva hi ||

Translation

تب مادری نے بے ہوش و بے جان بادشاہ کو گلے لگا کر، بار بار نہایت غم سے اٹھنے والی دردناک فریاد بلند کی۔

Word by Word

• ततः: then, thereafter
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः

• माद्री: Madri
• माद्री: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: माद्री
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• समालिड्य: having embraced/clasped
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम् + आ + लिड्
• Form: Absolutive (Gerund), Parasmaipada (usage)

• राजानम्: the king
• राजानम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजन्
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• गतचेतसम्: whose consciousness had departed; unconscious
• Type: Adjective
• Root: गत + चेतस्
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• मुमोच: uttered, let out
• Type: Verb
• Root: मुच्
• Form: Perfect (Liṭ), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• दुःखजम्: born of sorrow; sorrowful
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दुःख + ज
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• शब्दम्: sound, cry, utterance
• शब्दम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: शब्द
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

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

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

• अतीव: exceedingly, very
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अतीव

• हि: indeed, surely
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Mādrī
• the king (Pāṇḍu)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights the inevitability of death and the ethical weight of human bonds: even amid royal narratives, dharma is felt through compassion, loyalty, and the truthful expression of grief rather than through power or status.

What is happening in the narrative?

Mādrī embraces the king who has become unconscious/lifeless and repeatedly cries out in intense sorrow, expressing lamentation over his condition.