SanskritIASTMeaning
ततः माद्री समालिङ्ग्य राजानं गतचेतसम्tataḥ mādrī samāliṅgya rājānaṃ gatacetasamthen Madri, embracing the lifeless king,
मुमोच दुःखजं शब्दं पुनः पुनः अतीव हmumoca duḥkhajaṃ śabdaṃ punaḥ punaḥ atīva halet out a cry of grief again and again, beyond measure
सह पुत्रैः ततः कुन्ती माद्रीपुत्रौ च पाण्डवौsaha putraiḥ tataḥ kuntī mādrīputrau ca pāṇḍavauthen Kunti with her sons, and Madri's two sons, the Pandavas,
आजग्मुः सहिताः तत्र यत्र राजा तथा गतःājagmuḥ sahitāḥ tatra yatra rājā tathā gataḥcame together there, where the king lay thus [fallen]
ततः माद्री अब्रवीत् राजन् आर्ता कुन्तीम् इदं वचःtataḥ mādrī abravīt rājan ārtā kuntīm idaṃ vacaḥthen Madri, grieving, said to Kunti, O king, this word:
एका एव त्वम् इह आगच्छ तिष्ठन्तु अत्र एव दारकाःekā eva tvam iha āgaccha tiṣṭhantu atra eva dārakāḥ"come here alone, let the children remain right here"
तत् श्रुत्वा वचनं तस्याः तत्र एव अवार्य दारकान्tat śrutvā vacanaṃ tasyāḥ tatra eva avārya dārakānhearing that word of hers, having held the children back there,
हता अहम् इति विक्रुश्य सहसा उपजगाम हhatā aham iti vikruśya sahasā upajagāma hacrying out "I am destroyed!", she at once ran forward
ततोtatooriginal form "tato", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
पुनर्punaroriginal form "punar", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
पुत्रैस्putraisoriginal form "putrais", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
सहितास्sahitāsoriginal form "sahitās", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
तथागतःtathāgataḥoriginal form "tathāgataḥ", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
ततोtatooriginal form "tato", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
माद्र्य्mādryoriginal form "mādry", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
अब्रवीद्abravīdoriginal form "abravīd", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
राजन्न्rājannoriginal form "rājann", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
एकैवekaivaoriginal form "ekaiva", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
इहागच्छihāgacchaoriginal form "ihāgaccha", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
तिष्ठन्त्व्tiṣṭhantvoriginal form "tiṣṭhantv", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
अत्रैवatraivaoriginal form "atraiva", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
तच्tacoriginal form "tac", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
छ्रुत्वाchrutvāoriginal form "chrutvā", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
तस्यास्tasyāsoriginal form "tasyās", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
तत्रैवावार्यtatraivāvāryaoriginal form "tatraivāvārya", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
हताहम्hatāhamoriginal form "hatāham", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
सहसोपजगामsahasopajagāmaoriginal form "sahasopajagāma", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
Here grief falls upon the family. Madri's care even in despair is telling: she bids Kunti come alone, without the children, so that the little ones will not see the terrible sight. Even in boundless sorrow a noble heart looks after others, sheltering the innocent from the shock. Kunti's grief is also telling, sensing the disaster before she sees it: "I am destroyed!" -- the cry of a wife who grasps in a single instant that she has become a widow. So the scripture shows the suddenness and crushing weight of loss; and in the very concern of both wives for the children there already appears the shape of the dispute soon to arise between them -- which of them is to live for the orphans, and which is to follow the husband.