Shloka 53

Drupada’s Alarm and Inquiry Regarding Śikhaṇḍinī (द्रुपदस्य भय-विमर्शः)

Devanagari script

सो5भिगम्याब्रवीद्‌ वाक्यं प्राप्तोडस्मि भगवन्निति । तमब्रवीत्‌ ततः स्थूण: प्रीतो5स्मीति पुनः पुन:

Transliteration

so 'bhigamyābravīd vākyam prāpto 'smi bhagavann iti | tam abravīt tataḥ sthūṇaḥ prīto 'smīti punaḥ punaḥ ||

Translation

Approaching him, he spoke: “O Blessed Lord, I have arrived.” Then Sthūṇa replied again and again, pleased at heart: “I am satisfied with you.”

Word by Word

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

• अभिगम्य: having approached
• Type: Verb
• Root: अभि-गम्
• Form: ल्यप् (absolutive/gerund), Parasmaipada (verbal base), पूर्वकाल (having done earlier)

• अब्रवीत्: said/spoke
• Type: Verb
• Root: ब्रू
• Form: Imperfect (लङ्), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• वाक्यम्: a statement/words
• वाक्यम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: वाक्य
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• प्राप्तः: arrived/obtained (having reached)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-आप्
• Form: क्त (past passive participle used adjectivally), Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• उद्: up/out (preverb; here as separated particle in text)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: उद्

• अस्मि: I am
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस्
• Form: Present (लट्), 1st, Singular, Parasmaipada

• भगवन्: O venerable one/Lord
• भगवन्: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: भगवत्
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• इति: thus/quoting marker
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति

• तम्: him
• तम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• अब्रवीत्: said
• Type: Verb
• Root: ब्रू
• Form: Imperfect (लङ्), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• ततः: then/thereupon
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः

• स्थूणः: Sthūṇa (proper name)
• स्थूणः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्थूण
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• प्रीतः: pleased
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्री
• Form: क्त (past passive participle used adjectivally), Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• अस्मि: I am
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस्
• Form: Present (लट्), 1st, Singular, Parasmaipada

• इति: thus
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति

• पुनः: again
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पुनः

• पुनः: again
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पुनः

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhīṣma
• Sthūṇa
• Bhagavān (honorific addressee)