Shloka 5

द्रौपद्याः भीमसेन-प्रबोधनम्

Draupadī Awakens Bhīmasena

Devanagari script

कीचक उवाच अन्या भद्रे नयिष्यन्ति राजपुत्र्या: प्रतिश्रुतम्‌ । इत्येतां दक्षिणे पाणौ सूतपुत्र: परामृशत्‌,कीचकने कहा--कल्याणी! राजपुत्री सुदेष्णाकी मँगायी हुई वस्तु दूसरी दासियाँ पहुँचा देंगी। ऐसा कहकर सूत॒पुत्रने द्रौपदीका दाहिना हाथ पकड़ लिया

Transliteration

kīcaka uvāca — anyā bhadre nayiṣyanti rājaputryāḥ pratiśrutam | ity etāṃ dakṣiṇe pāṇau sūtaputraḥ parāmṛśat ||

Translation

Kīcaka said, “O auspicious lady, the other maidservants will deliver what has been promised to the princess.” Saying this, the charioteer’s son seized her by the right hand.

Word by Word

कीचकःKichaka

उवाचsaid

अन्याःother (women)

भद्रेO auspicious one / lady

नयिष्यन्तिwill take / will carry

राजपुत्र्याःof the princess

प्रतिश्रुतम्promised (thing)

इतिthus

एताम्this (woman)

दक्षिणेin the right

पाणौhand

सूतपुत्रःthe charioteer’s son

परामृशत्touched / seized

Speaker

कीचक उवाच

Characters & Entities

Kīcaka

Sudeṣṇā (the princess/queen implied by rājaputrī in context)

Draupadī (implied by narrative context: the woman whose hand is seized)

other maidservants (anyāḥ dāsyaḥ implied)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Geographic Context

Sandhi Notes