Shloka 35

Devanagari script

कर्थ॑ भ्रातृन्‌ हतान्‌ श्र॒त्वा भर्तारं च स्‍्वसा मम

Transliteration

kathaṁ bhrātṝn hatān śrutvā bhartāraṁ ca svasā mama

Translation

سنجے نے کہا—میری بہن نے اپنے بھائیوں کے مارے جانے اور اپنے شوہر کے بھی گر پڑنے کی خبر سن کر کیا جواب دیا؟

Word by Word

• कथम्: how?
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: कथम्

• भ्रातॄन्: brothers
• भ्रातॄन्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: भ्रातृ
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• हतान्: slain
• हतान्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: हत
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• श्रुत्वा: having heard
• Type: Verb
• Root: श्रु
• Form: Absolutive (Gerund)

• भर्तारम्: husband
• भर्तारम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: भर्तृ
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

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

• स्वसा: sister
• स्वसा: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्वसृ
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• मम: of me / my
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: Genitive, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• my sister (svasā)
• brothers (bhrātṛ)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse foregrounds the ethical and emotional weight of war: the same conflict destroys multiple bonds at once—natal family (brothers) and marital family (husband)—inviting reflection on the human cost behind heroic narratives.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya frames a question about a woman’s reaction—his sister—after she hears of the deaths of her brothers and her husband, setting up a description of mourning, response, or subsequent events in the surrounding passage.