Shloka 13

सभा-पर्यवसान-प्रस्थानवचनम् | Counsel at the Point of Departure

Devanagari script

जितां वाप्यजितां वापि मन्यध्वं मां यथा नृपा: । तथा प्रत्युक्तमिच्छामि तत्‌ करिष्यामि कौरवा:,कुरुवंशियो! आप क्‍या मानते हैं? मैं जीती गयी हूँ या नहीं। मैं आपके मुँहसे इसका ठीक-ठीक उत्तर सुनना चाहती हूँ। फिर उसीके अनुसार कार्य करूँगी

Transliteration

jitāṃ vāpy ajitāṃ vāpi manyadhvaṃ māṃ yathā nṛpāḥ | tathā pratyuktam icchāmi tat kariṣyāmi kauravāḥ ||

Translation

Vaiśampāyana said: “O kings of the Kuru line, tell me plainly what you judge—whether I have been won or not won. I wish to hear your definite reply from your own mouths; then, in accordance with that answer, I shall act.”

Word by Word

जिताम्won (as a woman), conquered

वाor

अपिalso / even

अजिताम्not won, unconquered

वाor

अपिalso / even

मन्यध्वम्think / consider (you all)

माम्me

यथाas / how

नृपाःO kings

तथाso / thus

प्रत्युक्तम्reply, answer

इच्छामिI desire / I wish

तत्that

करिष्यामिI shall do

कौरवाःO Kauravas

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

Kauravas

nṛpāḥ (kings)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Geographic Context

Sandhi Notes