Shloka 21

आदि पर्व (अध्याय १२७) — रङ्गे कर्णस्य अवमानः, दुर्योधनस्य प्रतिपक्ष-निवृत्तिः, मैत्री-स्थापनम् / Ādi Parva (Chapter 127) — Karṇa’s Public Humiliation, Duryodhana’s Intervention, and the Formation of Alliance

Devanagari script

संछन्न: स तु वासोभिर्जीवन्निव नराधिप: । शुशुभे स नरव्याप्रो महाहशयनोचित:,इस प्रकार बहुमूल्य शय्यापर शयन करनेयोग्य नरश्रेष्ठ राजा पाण्डुकी अस्थियाँ वस्त्रोंसे आच्छादित हो जीवित मनुष्यकी भाँति शोभा पाने लगीं

Transliteration

saṃchannaḥ sa tu vāsobhir jīvann iva narādhipaḥ | śuśubhe sa naravyāghro mahāśayanocitaḥ ||

Translation

Vaiśampāyana said: Covered with garments, the king’s remains appeared as though alive. That tiger among men—worthy of a splendid royal couch—seemed resplendent, as if still bearing the dignity and honor due to a great ruler.

Word by Word

संछन्नःcovered, concealed

सःhe/that (one)

तुbut, indeed

वासोभिःwith garments/cloths

जीवन्living

इवlike, as if

नराधिपःking (lord of men)

शुशुभेshone, appeared splendid

सःhe/that (one)

नरव्याघ्रःtiger among men, best of men

महाशयन-उचितःfit for a great couch/bed

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

narādhipa (the king, contextually Pāṇḍu)

vāsas/vastra (garments, cloth coverings)

mahāśayana (royal couch/bed)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Geographic Context

Sandhi Notes