Shloka 19

Bhīṣma–Śiśupāla-saṃvādaḥ

Bhishma and Shishupala’s exchange in the assembly

Devanagari script

नूनं प्रकृतिरेषा ते जघन्या नात्र संशय: । अति पापीयसी चैषा पाण्डवानामपीष्यते,निश्चय ही तुम्हारी यह प्रकृति बड़ी अधम है, इसमें संशय नहीं है। अतएव इन पाण्डवोंकी प्रकृति भी तुम्हारे ही समान अत्यन्त पापमयी होती जा रही है

Transliteration

nūnaṁ prakṛtir eṣā te jaghanyā nātra saṁśayaḥ | ati pāpīyasī caiṣā pāṇḍavānām apīṣyate ||

Translation

Śiśupāla said: “Surely this is your nature—base and ignoble; of that there is no doubt. And now that same exceedingly sinful disposition is being approved of, even in the case of the Pāṇḍavas.”

Word by Word

नूनम्surely, indeed

प्रकृतिःnature, disposition

एषाthis (she/this one)

तेof you, your

जघन्याbase, vile, lowest

नnot

अत्रhere, in this matter

संशयःdoubt

अतिexcessively, very

पापीयसीmore sinful, worse

चand

एषाthis (she/this one)

पाण्डवानाम्of the Pandavas

अपिalso, even

ईष्यतेis desired/approved; is sought

Speaker

शिशुपाल उवाच

Characters & Entities

Śiśupāla

Pāṇḍavas

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Geographic Context

Sandhi Notes