Shloka 9
Gṛdhra–Jambuka Saṃvāda (Dialogue of the Vulture and the Jackal) — On Grief, Kāla, and Resolve
Devanagari script
एवं विलप्य बहुधा करुणं सा सुदु:ःखिता
Transliteration
evaṃ vilapya bahudhā karuṇaṃ sā suduḥkhitā
Translation
毗湿摩说道：她以种种方式哀号，声声凄切；然而仍被极深的悲痛所压倒——哀伤一再倾泻而出，令人不禁生怜。
Word by Word
एवम्thus
एवम्:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootएवम्
विलप्यhaving lamented
विलप्य:
TypeVerb
Rootवि + लप्
Formल्यप् (absolutive/gerund), कर्तरि
बहुधाin many ways / repeatedly
बहुधा:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootबहुधा
करुणम्pitiably / in a piteous manner
करुणम्:
TypeAdjective
Rootकरुण
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन
साshe
सा:
Karta
TypePronoun
Rootतद्
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन
सुदुःखिताdeeply afflicted / very sorrowful
सुदुःखिता:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootसुदुःखित
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन
Speaker
भीष्म उवाच
Characters & Entities
B
BhīṣmaCharacter Dynamics
Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)
War Context
Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)
Philosophical Teaching
Political Layer
Meter (Chandas)
Sandhi Notes
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights the ethical and emotional reality that suffering is not abstract: intense grief calls forth karuṇā (compassion). In dharma-discourse, acknowledging sorrow becomes a basis for humane judgment, restraint, and moral reflection.
Bhishma narrates that a woman (previously identified in the surrounding passage) laments repeatedly and piteously, remaining in extreme distress. The line functions as a narrative bridge emphasizing the depth of her sorrow before the next development in the story.