Shloka 29

Bhīma–Draupadī Saṃvāda on Restraint, Protection, and the Kīcaka Threat

Virāṭa-parva, Adhyāya 20

Devanagari script

नाल्‍पं कृतं मया भीम देवानां किल्बिषं पुरा । अभाग्या यत्र जीवामि कर्तव्ये सति पाण्डव

Transliteration

na alpaṃ kṛtaṃ mayā bhīma devānāṃ kilbiṣaṃ purā | abhāgyā yatra jīvāmi kartavye sati pāṇḍava ||

Translation

“হে ভীম! পূর্বকালে আমি দেবতাদের প্রতি সামান্য অপরাধ করিনি। সেই দুর্ভাগ্যেই আমি এমন স্থানে ও অবস্থায় বেঁচে আছি, যেখানে এখনও কর্তব্য বাকি, হে পাণ্ডব।”

Word by Word

• na: not
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na

• alpam: a little; small (thing)
• alpam: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: alpa
• Form: neuter, accusative, singular

• kṛtam: done; committed
• Type: Verb
• Root: kṛ (kṛta)
• Form: neuter, nominative, singular

• mayā: by me
• mayā: Karana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: asmad
• Form: instrumental, singular

• bhīma: O Bhima
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhīma
• Form: masculine, vocative, singular

• devānām: of the gods
• Type: Noun
• Root: deva
• Form: masculine, genitive, plural

• kila: indeed; as they say
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: kila

• kilbiṣam: sin; offense
• kilbiṣam: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: kilbiṣa
• Form: neuter, accusative, singular

• purā: formerly; earlier
• purā: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: purā

• abhāgyā: unfortunate (woman)
• abhāgyā: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: abhāgya
• Form: feminine, nominative, singular

• yatra: where
• yatra: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yatra

• jīvāmi: I live
• Type: Verb
• Root: jīv
• Form: present, first, singular

• kartavye: when (something) is to be done; in a duty
• kartavye: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: kṛ (kartavya)
• Form: neuter, locative, singular

• sati: being; existing (locative absolute)
• Type: Verb
• Root: as (sat)
• Form: neuter, locative, singular

• pāṇḍava: O Pandava
• Type: Noun
• Root: pāṇḍava
• Form: masculine, vocative, singular

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Bhīma
• Devas
• Pāṇḍava