Shloka 26

Āstravidyā-Pradarśana: The Kuru Princes’ Public Demonstration of Arms (आस्त्रविद्या-प्रदर्शनम्)

Devanagari script

तमुवाच पृथा राजन्‌ रहस्युक्ता तदा सती । उक्ता सकृद्‌ द्न्ड्यमेषा लेभे तेनास्मि वज्चिता,राजन्‌! जब एकान्तमें पाण्डुने कुन्तीसे वह बात कही, तब सती कुन्ती पाण्डुसे इस प्रकार बोली--“महाराज! मैंने इसे एक पुत्रके लिये नियुक्त किया था, किंतु इसने दो पा लिये। इससे मैं ठगी गयी

Transliteration

tam uvāca pṛthā rājan rahasyoktā tadā satī | uktā sakṛd daṇḍyam eṣā lebhe tenāsmi vañcitā rājan ||

Translation

Vaiśampāyana said: Then Pṛthā (Kuntī), being a virtuous woman, spoke to the king in confidence. She said, “O King! I had appointed this (mantra/means) for obtaining a single son, but it has yielded two. By this I have been deceived, O King.”

Word by Word

तम्him

उवाचsaid/spoke

पृथाPritha (Kunti)

राजन्O king

रहस्य-उक्ताspoken in secret / privately addressed

तदाthen

सतीbeing (she), virtuous lady

उक्ताhaving been spoken / addressed

सकृत्once

दण्ड्यम्punishable / deserving punishment

एषाthis (woman/one)

लेभेobtained/got

तेनby that / by him

अस्मिI am

वञ्चिताdeceived/cheated

राजन्O king

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

Pṛthā (Kuntī)

Pāṇḍu

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Geographic Context

Sandhi Notes