Shloka 8

द्रौपद्याः शोकवचनम्

Draupadī’s Lament and Indictment of Misfortune

Devanagari script

वैशम्पायन उवाच एवमुक्त्वाथ तां शालां प्रविवेश मनस्विनी

Transliteration

vaiśampāyana uvāca evam uktvātha tāṁ śālāṁ praviveśa manasvinī

Translation

বৈশম্পায়ন বললেন—এ কথা বলে সেই দৃঢ়চিত্তা নারী তারপর সেই শালায় (সভাগৃহে) প্রবেশ করল।

Word by Word

• वैशम्पायनः: Vaishampayana
• वैशम्पायनः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: वैशम्पायन
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• उवाच: said
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच्
• Form: Perfect (Paroksha-bhuta), Third, Singular, Parasmaipada

• एवम्: thus
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम्

• उक्त्वा: having said
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच्
• Form: Absolutive (Ktva), Active (Kartari)

• अथ: then
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथ

• ताम्: that (her/it)
• ताम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• शालाम्: hall, house
• शालाम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: शाला
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• प्रविवेश: entered
• Type: Verb
• Root: विश्
• Form: Perfect (Paroksha-bhuta), Third, Singular, Parasmaipada, प्र

• मनस्विनी: the resolute-minded woman
• मनस्विनी: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मनस्विन्
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• śālā (hall/pavilion)
• manasvinī (the resolute woman; unnamed in this verse)