Shloka 10

दुर्योधनस्य प्रायोपवेशः — शकुनिसान्त्वनम् तथा कृत्याह्वानम्

Duryodhana’s Fast: Śakuni’s Consolation and the Summoning of a Kṛtyā

Devanagari script

कि नु स्यादधिकं तस्माद्‌ यदहं द्रुपदात्मजाम्‌ | द्रौपदी कर्ण पश्येयं काषायवसनां वने,“कर्ण! मैं ट्रपदकुमारी कृष्णाको वनमें गेरुए कपड़े पहने देखूँ, इससे बढ़कर प्रसन्नताकी बात मेरे लिये और क्या हो सकती है?

Transliteration

ki nu syād adhikaṃ tasmād yad ahaṃ drupadātmajām | draupadīṃ karṇa paśyeyaṃ kāṣāyavasanāṃ vane |

Translation

Vaiśampāyana said: “What could be a greater delight than this—that I might see Draupadī, the daughter of Drupada, in the forest, clad in ochre garments? O Karṇa!”

Word by Word

• किम्: what
• किम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: किम्
• Form: Neuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular

• नु: indeed/then (interrogative particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नु

• स्यात्: might be / could be
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस्
• Form: Optative (Vidhi-lin), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• अधिकम्: greater, more
• अधिकम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अधिक
• Form: Neuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular

• तस्मात्: than that / from that
• तस्मात्: Apadana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Ablative, Singular

• यत्: that which
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद्
• Form: Neuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular

• अहम्: I
• अहम्: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अहम्
• Form: —, Nominative, Singular

• द्रुपद-आत्मजाम्: Drupada's daughter
• द्रुपद-आत्मजाम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्रुपद + आत्मजा
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• द्रौपदीम्: Draupadi
• द्रौपदीम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्रौपदी
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• कर्ण: O Karna
• Type: Noun (proper name)
• Root: कर्ण
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• पश्येयम्: I might see
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश्
• Form: Optative (Vidhi-lin), 1st, Singular, Parasmaipada

• काषाय-वसनाम्: wearing ochre garments
• Type: Adjective
• Root: काषाय + वसना
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• वने: in the forest
• वने: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: वन
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Draupadī
• Drupada
• Karṇa
• forest (vana)
• ochre garments (kāṣāya-vasana)