Shloka 21
Abhimanyu’s Śrāddha; Vyāsa’s Assurance of the Unborn Heir (अभिमन्योः श्राद्धं तथा गर्भरक्षणोपदेशः)
Devanagari script
नूनं च स गतः स्वर्ग जहि शोकं॑ महामते
Transliteration
nūnaṃ ca sa gataḥ svargaṃ jahi śokaṃ mahāmate
Translation
یقیناً وہ سُوَرگ کو گیا ہے؛ اس لیے، اے عالی ہمت، غم چھوڑ دو۔
Word by Word
नूनम्surely, indeed
नूनम्:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootनूनम्
चand
च:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच
सःhe
सः:
Karta
TypePronoun
Rootतद्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
गतःgone
गतः:
TypeVerb
Rootगम्
Formक्त (past passive participle), Masculine, Nominative, Singular
स्वर्गम्to heaven
स्वर्गम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootस्वर्ग
FormMasculine, Accusative, Singular
जहिabandon; give up; slay
जहि:
TypeVerb
Rootहन्
Formलोट् (imperative), Second, Singular, Parasmaipada
शोकम्grief
शोकम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootशोक
FormMasculine, Accusative, Singular
महामतेO great-minded one
महामते:
TypeNoun
Rootमहामति
FormMasculine, Vocative, Singular
Speaker
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Characters & Entities
V
VaiśampāyanaCharacter Dynamics
Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)
War Context
Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)
Philosophical Teaching
Political Layer
Meter (Chandas)
Sandhi Notes
Educational Q&A
The verse teaches ethical composure in bereavement: when a person has met a righteous end and attained svarga, one should restrain debilitating sorrow and return to one’s duties with steadiness.
Vaiśampāyana, narrating the events, offers consolation to a listener addressed as “mahāmate,” asserting that the departed has reached heaven and urging the hearer to abandon grief.