Shloka 24

दुर्योधनकवचविमर्शः

Duryodhana’s Armor and the Tactical Reassessment

Devanagari script

आश्वासय स्नुषां राज्ञि मा शुच: क्षत्रिये भृशम्‌ । श्र: प्रियं न कक विशोका भव नन्दिनि,रानी बहिन! चिन्ता छोड़ो और बहूको धीरज बँधाओ। अपने कुलको आनन्दित करनेवाली क्षत्रियकन्ये! कल अत्यन्त प्रिय समाचार सुनकर शोकरहित हो जाओ

Transliteration

āśvāsaya snuṣāṃ rājñi mā śucaḥ kṣatriye bhṛśam | śvaḥ priyaṃ naḥ kaccid viśokā bhava nandini ||

Translation

Vāyu said: “Console your daughter-in-law, O queen; do not grieve excessively, O Kṣatriya lady. Tomorrow, on hearing welcome news from us, become free from sorrow, O dear daughter who brings joy to her lineage.”

Word by Word

• {'āśvāsaya': 'comfort, reassure, console (imperative)', 'snuṣām': 'daughter-in-law', 'rājñi': 'O queen (vocative)', 'mā śucaḥ': 'do not grieve', 'kṣatriye': 'O Kṣatriya woman

• princess/warrior-born lady (vocative)', 'bhṛśam': 'excessively, greatly', 'śvaḥ': 'tomorrow', 'priyam': 'pleasant, dear, welcome (news)', 'naḥ': 'from us

• our', 'kaccit': 'indeed? perhaps? (particle of assurance/inquiry)', 'viśokā': 'free from grief, sorrowless', 'bhava': 'become (imperative)', 'nandini': 'O dear daughter

Speaker

वायुदेव उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vāyudeva
• queen (rājñī)
• daughter-in-law (snuṣā)