Shloka 7

अभिमन्युविलापः (Abhimanyu-vilāpa) — Uttarā’s lament, observed and framed by Gandhārī

Devanagari script

काम्यरूपवती चैषा परिष्वजति भामिनी । लज्जमाना पुरा चैनं माध्वीकमदमूर्च्छिता,सुभद्राकुमारका मुख प्रफुल्ल कमलके समान शोभा पाता है। उसकी ग्रीवा शंखके समान और गोल है। कमनीय रूप-सौन्दर्यसे सुशोभित माननीय एवं मनस्विनी उत्तरा पतिके मुखारविन्दको सूँघकर उसे गलेसे लगा रही है। पहले भी यह इसी प्रकार मधुके मदसे अचेत हो सलज्जभावसे उसका आलिंगन करती रही होगी

Transliteration

Vaiśampāyana uvāca: kāmyarūpavatī caiṣā pariṣvajati bhāminī | lajjamānā purā cainaṃ mādhvīkamada-mūrcchitā ||

Translation

毗舍波耶那说：“这位美丽而情炽的女子正拥抱着他。她含羞低首，仿佛从前也曾如此——被蜜甜之酒的醉意所胜，恍若昏厥——便这样将他紧紧揽入臂弯。”

Word by Word

काम्य-रूपवतीhaving a desirable form/beauty

चand

एषाthis (woman)

परिष्वजतिembraces

भामिनीthe lovely/bright woman

लज्जमानाbeing bashful

पुराformerly, earlier

चand

एनम्him

माध्वीक-मद-मूर्च्छिताfainted/overcome by the intoxication of madhvīka (honey-wine)

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

a woman (bhāminī)

mādhvīka (mead/honey-liquor)

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

What is the core teaching?

The verse foregrounds the power of human attachment and vulnerability—how desire, modesty, and altered states (intoxication) can overwhelm self-control—set against the larger ethical atmosphere of the epic’s post-war sorrow.

What is happening in the narrative?

The narrator describes a woman embracing a man; she is bashful and appears as though she had done so earlier too, when overcome by the intoxication of mādhvīka (mead), suggesting an intimate, emotionally charged moment.