Shloka 27

अश्वत्थाम-शापः, परिक्षिद्भविष्यत्, मणि-न्यासः

Aśvatthāman’s Curse, Parikṣit’s Future, and the Mani’s Restitution

Devanagari script

तब राजाकी आज्ञा पाकर महाबली भीमसेनने वह दिव्य मणि द्रौपदीके हाथमें दे दी और इस प्रकार कहा-- ।।

Transliteration

tataḥ rājñaḥ ājñāṃ prāpya mahābalī bhīmasenaḥ sāṃ divyāṃ maṇiṃ draupadyāḥ haste nyadadhāt, idaṃ ca uvāca— ayaṃ bhadre tava maṇiḥ putrahantur jitaḥ sa te | uttiṣṭha śokam utsṛjya kṣātradharmam anusmara, bhadre ||

Translation

Having received the king’s command, the mighty Bhīmasena placed that divine jewel into Draupadī’s hand and said: “Lady, this is your jewel—won from the slayer of your sons. That enemy of yours has been conquered by us. Now rise, cast off grief, and remember the duty of a kṣatriya.”

Word by Word

• अयम्: this
• अयम्: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• भद्रे: O auspicious lady
• Type: Noun
• Root: भद्र
• Form: Feminine, Vocative, Singular

• तव: of you / your
• तव: Sampradana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद्
• Form: —, Genitive, Singular

• मणिः: jewel
• मणिः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: मणि
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• पुत्रहन्तुः: of the son-slayer
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुत्रहन्तृ
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• जितः: won / conquered
• Type: Verb
• Root: जि
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular, Past passive participle (क्त)

• सः: he / that (enemy)
• सः: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• ते: to you / for you
• ते: Sampradana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद्
• Form: —, Dative, Singular

• उत्तिष्ठ: rise! stand up!
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्था
• Form: Imperative, Second, Singular, Parasmaipada

• शोकम्: grief
• शोकम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: शोक
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• उत्सृज्य: having abandoned / casting off
• Type: Verb
• Root: उत्-√सृज्
• Form: Absolutive/Gerund (ल्यप्)

• क्षात्रधर्मम्: the Kshatriya duty
• क्षात्रधर्मम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्षात्रधर्म
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• अनुस्मर: remember! call to mind!
• Type: Verb
• Root: अनु-√स्मृ
• Form: Imperative, Second, Singular, Parasmaipada

• भद्रे: O auspicious lady
• Type: Noun
• Root: भद्र
• Form: Feminine, Vocative, Singular

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Bhīmasena (Bhīma)
• Draupadī
• Aśvatthāmā
• the king (rājā—contextually Yudhiṣṭhira)
• divine jewel (maṇi)