Shloka 19

Devanagari script

यथा तयो रक्षणं च मदयन्त्याभिभाषितम्‌ । तथा ते कुण्डले बद्ध्वा तदा कृष्णाजिनेडनयत्‌,रानी मदयन्तीने उन कुण्डलोंकी रक्षाके लिये जैसी विधि बतायी थी, उसी प्रकार उन्हें काले मृगचर्ममें बाँधकर वे ले जा रहे थे

Transliteration

vaiśampāyana uvāca | yathā tayo rakṣaṇaṃ ca madayantyābhibhāṣitam | tathā te kuṇḍale baddhvā tadā kṛṣṇājinena nayat |

Translation

Vaiśampāyana said: “Just as Madayantī had instructed the method for safeguarding those (ear-ornaments), so they then bound the pair of kuṇḍalas and carried them wrapped in a black antelope-skin.”

Word by Word

यथाas, just as

तयोःof those two

रक्षणम्protection, guarding

चand

मदयन्त्याby (queen) Madayantī

अभिभाषितम्spoken, prescribed

तथाso, in that manner

तेthem

कुण्डलेthe two earrings

बद्ध्वाhaving bound/tied

तदाthen

कृष्णाजिनेनwith/in a black antelope-skin

अनयत्led, carried away

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

Madayantī

kuṇḍala (ear-ornaments)

kṛṣṇājina (black antelope-skin)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Cross References

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights fidelity to prescribed guidance and careful stewardship of entrusted valuables—an ethical emphasis on responsibility (rakṣaṇa) and adherence to proper procedure.

What is happening in the narrative?

Following Madayantī’s instructions for safeguarding the pair of kuṇḍalas, they are tied up and transported wrapped in a black antelope-skin, indicating deliberate protection during conveyance.