Mahābhārata · 7.49.8–9
॥
Devanāgarī
कथं द्रक्ष्यामि कौन्तेयं सौभद्रे निहते ऽर्जुनम् ॥
सुभद्रां वा महाभागां प्रियं पुत्रम् अपश्यतीम् ॥
किं स्विद् वयम् अपेतार्थम् अश्लिष्टम् असमञ्जसम् ॥
ताव् उभौ प्रतिवक्ष्यामो हृषीकेशधनंजयौ ॥
Transliteración (IAST)
kathaṃ drakṣyāmi kaunteyaṃ saubhadre nihate 'rjunam ||
subhadrāṃ vā mahābhāgāṃ priyaṃ putram apaśyatīm ||
kiṃ svid vayam apetārtham aśliṣṭam asamañjasam ||
tāv ubhau prativakṣyāmo hṛṣīkeśadhanaṃjayau ||
Palabra por palabra
SánscritoIASTSignificado
कथम् द्रक्ष्यामिkatham drakṣyāmihow shall I look [how shall I face]; how am I to face
कौन्तेयम् अर्जुनम्kaunteyam arjunamArjuna, son of Kunti; Kaunteya-Arjuna
सौभद्रे निहतेsaubhadre nihatewhen the son of Subhadra is slain; at the fall of Saubhadra
सुभद्राम् वा महाभागाम्subhadrām vā mahābhāgāmor Subhadra, the blessed [most fortunate]; or the most fortunate Subhadra
प्रियम् पुत्रम् अपश्यतीम्priyam putram apaśyatīmnot seeing her dear son; deprived of the sight of her beloved son
किम् स्वित्kim svitwhat indeed [what precisely]; what then
वयम्vayamwe; we
अपेतार्थम्apetārthamdevoid of sense [meaningless]; incoherent
अश्लिष्टम्aśliṣṭamdisjointed [awkward]; awkward
असमञ्जसम्asamañjasamunfitting [improper]; improper
तौ उभौtau ubhauto them both; to both
प्रतिवक्ष्यामःprativakṣyāmaḥshall we say in reply [utter]; shall we answer
हृषीकेशधनंजयौhṛṣīkeśadhanaṃjayauto Hrishikesha [Krishna] and Dhananjaya [Arjuna]; to Hrishikesha and Dhananjaya
Traducción
"How shall I face Arjuna, son of Kunti, when the son of Subhadra is slain, or the most fortunate Subhadra, deprived of the sight of her beloved son? What meaningless, incoherent, improper thing shall we say in answer to them both, to Hrishikesha and Dhananjaya?"
Versión
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The king's grief turns to the meeting he dreads: face to face with the father, the mother, with Krishna himself. "Apetārtham aśliṣṭam asamañjasam" — three words on how every consolation will be "meaningless, incoherent, improper": before such a loss, language falls silent. It is telling that Subhadra the mother and Hrishikesha-Krishna are named in the same breath: human grief and the presence of the Lord stand side by side. The verse teaches that some losses are answered more honestly by silence than by smooth words, and that the heaviest answer is owed to the one we love.