Shloka 21

सभा-पर्व, अध्याय ६१ — द्रौपदी-प्रश्नः, सभाधर्मः, सत्यवचन-नियमः

Devanagari script

वैशग्पायन उवाच इत्येवमुक्ते वचने कृतवैरो दुरात्मवान्‌ | जितमित्येव शकुनिर्युधिष्ठिरमभाषत,वैशम्पायनजी कहते हैं--जनमेजय! उनके ऐसा कहनेपर वैरी दुरात्मा शकुनिने युधिष्ठिरसे कहा--'लो, यह भी जीत लिया”

Transliteration

vaiśampāyana uvāca | ityevam ukte vacane kṛtavairo durātmavān | jitam ity eva śakunir yudhiṣṭhiram abhāṣata ||

Translation

Vaiśampāyana said: When those words had thus been spoken, Śakuni—harboring enmity and of wicked intent—addressed Yudhiṣṭhira, saying, “Won—this too has been won.”

Word by Word

वैशम्पायनःVaishampayana

उवाचsaid

इतिthus

एवम्in this manner

उक्तेwhen (it was) said / upon being spoken

वचनेin the statement/words

कृतवैरःhaving made enmity / one who has become an enemy

दुरात्मवान्evil-minded

जितम्won; conquered

इतिthus

एवindeed; just

शकुनिःShakuni

युधिष्ठिरम्Yudhishthira

अभाषतspoke to; addressed

Speaker

वैशग्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

Śakuni

Yudhiṣṭhira

Janamejaya

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Geographic Context

Sandhi Notes