Shloka 56

Duryodhana’s Post-Duel Lament and Instructions (भग्नसक्थस्य विलापः)

Devanagari script

त्वां चैव नरशार्दूल गान्धारीं च यशस्विनीम्‌

Transliteration

tvāṃ caiva naraśārdūla gāndhārīṃ ca yaśasvinīm

Translation

“تم بھی، اے مردوں کے شیر، اور نامور گاندھاری بھی۔”

Word by Word

• त्वाम्: you (object)
• त्वाम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद्
• Form: —, Accusative, Singular

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

• एव: indeed/just
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव

• नरशार्दूल: O tiger among men
• Type: Noun (vocative address)
• Root: नरशार्दूल
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• गान्धारीम्: Gandhārī (object)
• गान्धारीम्: Karma
• Type: Noun (proper name)
• Root: गान्धारी
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

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

• यशस्विनीम्: the illustrious/famed (woman)
• यशस्विनीम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: यशस्विनी
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Gāndhārī