Shloka 47

Kṛṣṇa at Duryodhana’s House: Refusal of Hospitality and Departure to Vidura (कृष्णस्य धार्तराष्ट्रनिवेशनगमनम्)

Devanagari script

चतुर्दशमिदं वर्ष यन्नापश्यमरिंदम । पुत्रादिभि: परिद्यूनां द्रौपदी सत्यवादिनीम्‌,“शत्रुदमन! यह चौदहवाँ वर्ष बीत रहा है। इतने दिनोंसे मैंने पुत्रोंके बिछोहसे संतप्त हुई सत्यवादिनी द्रौपदीको नहीं देखा है

Transliteration

caturdaśam idaṁ varṣa yan nāpaśyam ariṁdama | putrādibhiḥ paridyūnāṁ draupadīṁ satyavādinīm ||

Translation

Vaiśampāyana said: “O subduer of foes, this is now the fourteenth year, and all this time I have not seen Draupadī, the truth-speaking lady, who has been worn down by separation from her sons and loved ones.”

Word by Word

चतुर्दशम्fourteenth

इदम्this

वर्षम्year

यत्which/that

नnot

अपश्यम्I saw

अरिंदमO foe-subduer

पुत्रादिभिःby sons and others (i.e., by separation from them)

परिद्यूनाम्afflicted, distressed

द्रौपदीम्Draupadī

सत्यवादिनीम्truth-speaking

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

Draupadī

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Geographic Context

Sandhi Notes