Shloka 16

Ādi Parva, Adhyāya 147 — Kanyā-paridevita

The daughter’s lament on lineage and protection

Devanagari script

स तथेति प्रतिश्रुत्य खनको यत्नमास्थित: । परिखामुत्किरन्नाम चकार च महाबिलम्‌,तब उस सुरंग खोदनेवालेने “बहुत अच्छा, ऐसा ही होगा”, यह प्रतिज्ञा की और कार्यसिद्धिके प्रयत्नमें लग गया। खाईकी सफाई करनेके व्याजसे उसने एक बहुत बड़ी सुरंग तैयार कर दी

Transliteration

sa tatheti pratiśrutya khanako yatnam āsthitaḥ | parikhām utkiran nāma cakāra ca mahābilam ||

Translation

Vaiśampāyana said: The digger, having pledged, “So be it,” set himself earnestly to accomplish the task. Under the pretext of clearing out the trench, he secretly fashioned a very large underground tunnel.

Word by Word

सःhe

तथाthus, so

इतिthus (quotative)

प्रतिश्रुत्यhaving promised/assented

खनकःthe digger/miner

यत्नम्effort

आस्थितःhaving undertaken/engaged in

परिखाम्a trench/ditch

उत्किरन्digging out, excavating

नामas it were, by name/pretence (indeed)

चकारmade, did

चand

महाबिलम्a great pit/cave (large hole)

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

khanaka (the digger/excavator)

parikhā (trench/moat)

mahābila (large tunnel/cavity)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Geographic Context

Sandhi Notes