Shloka 11

Ādi Parva, Adhyāya 188 — Draupadī-Vivāha Dharma-Vicāra

Debate on the Legitimacy of One Wife for Five

Devanagari script

अवमानभयाच्चैव स्वधर्मस्य च रक्षणात्‌ | स्वयंवराणामन्येषां मा भूदेवंविधा गति:,“ट्रपदको तो हम इसलिये दण्ड देना चाहते हैं कि (हमारा) अपमान न हो, हमारे धर्मकी रक्षा हो और दूसरे स्वयंवरोंकी भी ऐसी दुर्गति न हो”

Transliteration

ava-māna-bhayāc caiva sva-dharmasya ca rakṣaṇāt | svayaṃvarāṇām anyeṣāṃ mā bhūd evaṃ-vidhā gatiḥ ||

Translation

Vaiśampāyana said: “Out of fear of dishonour, and in order to safeguard our own dharma, we wish to impose punishment—so that other svayaṃvaras may not meet such a disgraceful outcome.”

Word by Word

• अवमानभयात्: from fear of insult
• अवमानभयात्: Apadana
• Type: Noun
• Root: अवमान-भय
• Form: Neuter, Ablative, Singular

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• एव: indeed/just
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव

• स्वधर्मस्य: of (one's) own duty/dharma
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्वधर्म
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• रक्षणात्: from/for the protection
• रक्षणात्: Apadana
• Type: Noun
• Root: रक्षण
• Form: Neuter, Ablative, Singular

• स्वयंवराणाम्: of svayaṃvaras (bride-choosings)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्वयंवर
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Plural

• अन्येषाम्: of other (ones)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अन्य
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Plural

• मा: do not / lest
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: मा

• भूत्: may it be / happen
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू
• Form: Aorist (injunctive/precative-like prohibitive with मा), 3rd, Singular

• एवंविधा: such a kind (like this)
• एवंविधा: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: एवंविध
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• गतिः: fate/ending
• गतिः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: गति
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• svayaṃvara