Shloka 18

The Solar Eclipse at Samanta-pañcaka and the Great Reunion of Yādavas, Pāṇḍavas, and Vraja

Devanagari script

कुन्त्युवाच आर्य भ्रातरहं मन्ये आत्मानमकृताशिषम् । यद् वा आपत्सु मद्वार्तां नानुस्मरथ सत्तमा: ॥ १८ ॥

Transliteration

kunty uvāca ārya bhrātar ahaṁ manye ātmānam akṛtāśiṣam yad vā āpatsu mad-vārtāṁ nānusmaratha sattamāḥ

Translation

Kuntī nói: “Hỡi các anh em đáng kính, tôi thấy mình như người không toại nguyện; bởi dẫu các anh là bậc hiền thiện, trong lúc tôi gặp tai ương các anh đã không nhớ đến tin tức của tôi.”

Synonyms

• kuntī: Kuntī
• kuntī: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kuntī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; प्रथमा एकवचन; speaker name

• uvāca: said
• uvāca: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vac (वच्) (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect); परस्मैपद; प्रथमपुरुष एकवचन; ‘said’

• ārya: O noble (ones)
• ārya: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ārya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग; सम्बोधन (8th/vocative) एकवचन; address ‘O noble one(s)’

• bhrātaḥ: O brother(s)
• bhrātaḥ: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhrātṛ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग; सम्बोधन एकवचन; ‘O brother’ (collective address)

• aham: I
• aham: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; प्रथमा एकवचन; ‘I’

• manye: I think
• manye: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: man (मन्) (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present); आत्मनेपद; उत्तमपुरुष एकवचन; ‘I think/consider’

• ātmānam: myself
• ātmānam: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ātman (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग; द्वितीया एकवचन; reflexive object ‘myself’

• akṛta-āśiṣam: unblessed/ill-fated
• akṛta-āśiṣam: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: a- (नञ्) + kṛta (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक) + āśiṣ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग; द्वितीया एकवचन; नञ्-तत्पुरुष: ‘one for whom blessings were not done’ i.e., ‘unblessed/ill-fated’ (qualifies ātmānam)

• yat: because/that
• yat: Hetu (हेतु)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय-प्रयोग (relative particle) ‘since/that’ introducing reason

• vā: or/indeed
• vā: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: vā (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; विकल्प (disjunctive particle) ‘or/indeed’

• āpatsu: in misfortunes
• āpatsu: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: āpad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; सप्तमी बहुवचन; ‘in calamities’

• mat-vārtām: my situation/news
• mat-vārtām: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) + vārtā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; द्वितीया एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष: ‘my news/condition’

• na: not
• na: Pratiṣedha (प्रतिषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निषेध (negation)

• anusmaratha: you remembered
• anusmaratha: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: smṛ (स्मृ) (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present); परस्मैपद; मध्यमपुरुष बहुवचन; उपसर्ग: अनु-; ‘you remember/think of’

• sattamāḥ: O best among the virtuous
• sattamāḥ: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sat + tama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग; सम्बोधन बहुवचन; superlative ‘best of the good’

Purport

Here Queen Kuntī addresses her brother Vasudeva.

Characters & Entities

• Kuntī
• Vasudeva

FAQs

What does the Srimad Bhagavatam say about remembering devotees during times of distress?

This verse shows Kuntī’s pain that her relatives did not even inquire about her during calamities, highlighting the importance of remembrance and caring connection among the righteous.

Why did Kuntī say this to Vasudeva in Canto 10 Chapter 82?

At Kurukṣetra, when the Yadus and Pāṇḍavas reunite, Kuntī speaks candidly to her brother Vasudeva, expressing how she felt overlooked during the Pāṇḍavas’ many hardships.

Practical application of this teaching in modern life?

Stay connected to family and spiritually minded friends, especially when they face difficulties—simple inquiry, support, and remembrance are acts of dharma and compassion.