Shloka 14

Drupada’s Alarm and Inquiry Regarding Śikhaṇḍinī (द्रुपदस्य भय-विमर्शः)

Devanagari script

पज्चालराजं ट्रपर्दं द:ःखशोकसमन्वित: । इधर दुःख और शोकमें डूबे हुए दशार्णराजने सहसा पांचालराज द्रुपदपर आक्रमण किया ।। १३ ह || ततः काम्पिल्यमासाद्य दशार्णाधिपतिस्तत:

Transliteration

pañcālarājaṃ drupadaṃ duḥkhaśokasamanvitaḥ | tataḥ kāmpilyam āsādya daśārṇādhipatis tataḥ ||

Translation

Bhīṣma sprach: Von Kummer und Schmerz überwältigt, griff der König von Daśārṇa Drupada, den König der Pāñcālas, plötzlich an. Dann zog der Herr von Daśārṇa gegen Kāmpilya.

Word by Word

• ततः: then, thereafter
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (तद्-प्रातिपदिकात्)
• Form: Avyaya

• काम्पिल्यम्: to Kampilya (the city)
• काम्पिल्यम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: काम्पिल्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• आसाद्य: having reached/approached
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ-√सद्
• Form: Absolutive (त्वान्त/ल्यप्), indeclinable

• दशार्णाधिपतिः: the lord/king of the Dasharnas
• दशार्णाधिपतिः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: दशार्णाधिपति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• ततः: then
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (तद्-प्रातिपदिकात्)
• Form: Avyaya

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhīṣma
• Drupada
• Pāñcāla
• Daśārṇa (king)
• Kāmpilya

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse suggests an ethical warning: when rulers are overwhelmed by grief and sorrow, their judgment can collapse, and inner distress may be redirected into rash violence. Dharma in kingship requires emotional restraint and deliberation, not impulsive retaliation.

What is happening in the narrative?

Bhīṣma narrates that the king of Daśārṇa, consumed by grief, suddenly attacks Drupada of Pāñcāla and then proceeds toward Kāmpilya, indicating an escalation from personal anguish to a military campaign against Pāñcāla’s center.