Shloka 16

“यशस्विनि! अपने पुत्रोंके मारे जानेका समाचार सुनकर सदा सावधान रहनेवाले पुरुषप्रवर पाण्डव हमारा चरणचिह्न देखते हुए शीघ्र ही हमलोगोंका पीछा करेंगे ।। तेषां तु कदनं कृत्वा संस्थातुं नोत्सहामहे | अनुजानीहि नो राज्ञि मा च शोके मन: कृथा:

yśasvini! apne putrāṇāṁ māre jāne kā samācāra sunkar sadā sāvadhāna rahanevāle puruṣa-pravara pāṇḍava hamārā caraṇa-cihna dekhte hue śīghra hī hamlogoṁ kā pīchā kareṅge || teṣāṁ tu kadanaṁ kṛtvā saṁsthātuṁ notsahāmahe | anujānīhi no rājñi mā ca śoke manaḥ kṛthāḥ ||

“Hỡi hoàng hậu hiển quý! Khi nghe tin các con trai của người đã bị giết, những Pāṇḍava—bậc nhất trong hàng trượng phu, luôn cảnh giác—sẽ nhanh chóng lần theo dấu chân chúng ta mà truy đuổi. Sau khi đã gây cho họ sự tàn phá như thế, chúng ta không đủ can đảm ở lại đây. Xin hoàng hậu cho phép chúng ta rời đi, và xin đừng để tâm trí bị nỗi sầu khổ nuốt chửng.”

तेषाम्of them
तेषाम्:
Sambandha
TypePronoun
Rootतद्
Formmasculine, genitive, plural
तुbut/indeed
तु:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतु
कदनम्slaughter, destruction
कदनम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootकदन
Formneuter, accusative, singular
कृत्वाhaving done
कृत्वा:
TypeVerb
Rootकृ
Formक्त्वा (absolutive/gerund), active
संस्थातुम्to remain/stand firm, to stay
संस्थातुम्:
TypeVerb
Rootसम्-स्था
Formतुमुन् (infinitive), active
not
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
उत्सहामहेwe are able/dare, we have the strength
उत्सहामहे:
TypeVerb
Rootउत्सह्
Formpresent indicative, 1st, plural, ātmanepada
अनुजानीहिpermit, allow
अनुजानीहि:
TypeVerb
Rootअनु-ज्ञा
Formimperative, 2nd, singular, parasmaipada
नःus
नः:
Karma
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद्
Formaccusative, plural
राज्ञिO queen
राज्ञि:
Sambodhana
TypeNoun
Rootराज्ञी
Formfeminine, vocative, singular
माdo not
मा:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootमा
Formtrue
and
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
शोकेin grief
शोके:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootशोक
Formmasculine, locative, singular
मनःmind
मनः:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootमनस्
Formneuter, accusative, singular
कृथाmake, place (your mind)
कृथा:
TypeVerb
Rootकृ
Formimperative, 2nd, singular, parasmaipada

वैशम्पायन उवाच

P
Pāṇḍavas
Q
Queen (rājñī, addressed as yaśasvinī)
S
sons of the queen (putrāḥ)
F
footprints/tracks (caraṇa-cihna)

Educational Q&A

The verse highlights the moral and psychological consequences of violence: wrongdoing breeds fear of rightful retaliation, while grief must be faced without letting the mind collapse into despair. It implicitly contrasts reckless destruction with the need for steadiness and ethical accountability.

The speaker warns an addressed queen that the vigilant Pāṇḍavas, upon learning of her sons’ deaths, will quickly pursue the speakers by following their footprints. Because they have caused great devastation, they lack the courage to remain and ask the queen for permission to depart, urging her not to sink into grief.