Shloka 35
Nāgendra–Brāhmaṇa Saṃvāda: Praśna-vidhi and Dharmic Approach on the Gomatī Riverbank
Devanagari script
प्राप्त दुनोति हृदयं तीव्र शोकपरायणम् । को हि शोकार्णवे मग्नं मामितो5द्य समुद्धरेत्
Transliteration
prāptaḥ dunoti hṛdayaṃ tīvra-śoka-parāyaṇam | ko hi śokārṇave magnaṃ mām ito 'dya samuddharet ||
Translation
为此所侵，我心备受煎熬，尽归于剧烈的哀恸。今日又有谁，能将沉溺于忧海之中的我救拔出来？
Word by Word
प्राप्तःhaving come/arrived (i.e., arisen)
प्राप्तः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootप्राप्त (√आप् + क्त)
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
दुनोतिafflicts, torments
दुनोति:
TypeVerb
Root√दु (दुनोति)
FormPresent, 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada
हृदयम्heart
हृदयम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootहृदय
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular
तीव्रintense, severe
तीव्र:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootतीव्र
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
शोकपरायणम्given over to grief, grief-absorbed
शोकपरायणम्:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootशोक-परायण
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular
कःwho?
कः:
Karta
TypePronoun
Rootक (किम्)
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
हिindeed, for
हि:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootहि
शोकार्णवेin the ocean of grief
शोकार्णवे:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootशोक-अर्णव
FormMasculine, Locative, Singular
मग्नम्sunk, immersed
मग्नम्:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootमग्न (√मज्ज् + क्त)
FormMasculine, Accusative, Singular
माम्me
माम्:
Karma
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद्
FormAccusative, Singular
इतःfrom here, hence
इतः:
Apadana
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइतस्
अद्यtoday, now
अद्य:
Adhikarana
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअद्य
समुद्धरेत्might lift out, could rescue
समुद्धरेत्:
TypeVerb
Rootसम्-उद्-√हृ (समुद्धरति)
FormOptative (Vidhi-lin), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada
Speaker
वैशग्पायन उवाच
Characters & Entities
V
VaiśaṃpāyanaT
the speaker (mām)Character Dynamics
Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)
War Context
Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)
Philosophical Teaching
Political Layer
Geographic Context
Meter (Chandas)
Sandhi Notes
Educational Q&A
The verse portrays grief as an overwhelming force that can submerge the mind; it implicitly points to the ethical need for support, counsel, and steadiness when sorrow threatens to overpower one’s discernment.
Vaiśaṃpāyana voices a lament: the speaker feels seized by intense sorrow, describing himself as drowning in an ocean of grief and asking who could possibly lift him out of it at this moment.