Shloka 10

अम्बायाः तपोदीक्षा–रुद्रवर–आत्मदाहः

Amba’s Ascetic Vow, Rudra’s Boon, and Self-Immolation

Devanagari script

हिरण्यवर्मेति नूपो योडसौ दाशार्णक: स्मृत: । सच प्रादान्महीपाल: कन्यां तस्मै शिखण्डिने,दशार्णदेशके राजाका नाम हिरण्यवर्मा था। भूपाल हिरण्यवर्माने शिखण्डीको अपनी कन्या दे दी

Transliteration

Hiraṇyavarmeti nṛpo yo ’sau Dāśārṇakaḥ smṛtaḥ | sa ca prādān mahīpālaḥ kanyāṁ tasmai Śikhaṇḍine ||

Translation

Drupada said: “There was a king of Daśārṇa, remembered by the name Hiraṇyavarman. That ruler gave his daughter in marriage to Śikhaṇḍin.”

Word by Word

• हिरण्यवर्मा: Hiraṇyavarman (proper name)
• हिरण्यवर्मा: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: हिरण्यवर्मन्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• इति: thus (quotative)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति

• नृपः: king
• नृपः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: नृप
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• यः: who
• यः: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• असौ: that (aforementioned) one
• असौ: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: असद्/अदस् (प्रदर्शक सर्वनाम)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• दाशार्णकः: a man/king of Daśārṇa (country)
• दाशार्णकः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: दाशार्णक
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• स्मृतः: is remembered/known (as)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्मृ (क्त)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• सः: he
• सः: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• प्रादात्: gave
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-दा
• Form: Aorist (Luṅ), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• महीपालः: the king (lit. protector of the earth)
• महीपालः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: महीपाल
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• कन्याम्: daughter/maiden
• कन्याम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: कन्या
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• तस्मै: to him
• तस्मै: Sampradana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Dative, Singular

• शिखण्डिने: to Śikhaṇḍin
• शिखण्डिने: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: शिखण्डिन्
• Form: Masculine, Dative, Singular

Speaker

दुपद उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Drupada
• Hiraṇyavarman
• Śikhaṇḍin
• Daśārṇa (Daśārṇa-deśa)