Shloka 90

Virāṭa-parva Adhyāya 22 — Draupadī’s Abduction Attempt and Bhīma’s Suppression of the Kīcakas

Devanagari script

कीचको<यं हत: शेते गन्धर्वै: पतिभि्मम । परस्त्रीकामसम्मत्तस्तत्रागच्छत पश्यत,“आओ, देखो, “परायी स्त्रीके प्रति कामोन्मत्त रहनेवाला यह कीचक मेरे पति गन्धर्वोद्वारा मारा जाकर वहाँ नृत्यशालामें पड़ा है”

Transliteration

kīcako ’yaṁ hataḥ śete gandharvaiḥ patibhiḥ | parastrīkāma-sammattas tatrāgacchata paśyata |

Translation

Vaiśampāyana said: “Here lies Kīcaka, slain by the Gandharvas—her husbands. Driven mad by desire for another man’s wife, he has fallen there in the hall of dance. Come, look!” The statement underscores the ethical censure of violating another’s marital protection and frames the killing as the consequence of predatory lust and adharma.

Word by Word

• कीचकः: Kichaka
• कीचकः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: कीचक
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• अयम्: this
• अयम्: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• हतः: killed, slain
• हतः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: हन्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• शेते: lies (down)
• Type: Verb
• Root: शी
• Form: Present, Third, Singular, Atmanepada

• गन्धर्वैः: by Gandharvas
• गन्धर्वैः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: गन्धर्व
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

• पतिभिः: by husbands
• पतिभिः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: पति
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

• परस्त्रीकामसम्मत्तः: maddened by desire for another's wife
• परस्त्रीकामसम्मत्तः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: परस्त्रीकामसम्मत्त
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र

• आगच्छत: come (you all)!
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ-गम्
• Form: Imperative, Second, Plural, Parasmaipada

• पश्यत: see (you all)!
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश्
• Form: Imperative, Second, Plural, Parasmaipada

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Kīcaka
• Gandharvas
• husbands (patayaḥ, as claimed)
• dance-hall (nṛtyaśālā)