Shloka 8

द्रौपद्याः शोकवचनम्

Draupadī’s Lament and Indictment of Misfortune

Devanagari script

वैशम्पायन उवाच एवमुक्त्वाथ तां शालां प्रविवेश मनस्विनी

Transliteration

vaiśampāyana uvāca evam uktvātha tāṁ śālāṁ praviveśa manasvinī

Translation

Vaiśampāyana said: Having spoken thus, the resolute woman then entered that hall.

Word by Word

• वैशम्पायनः: Vaishampayana
• वैशम्पायनः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: वैशम्पायन
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• उवाच: said
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच्
• Form: Perfect (Paroksha-bhuta), Third, Singular, Parasmaipada

• एवम्: thus
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम्

• उक्त्वा: having said
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच्
• Form: Absolutive (Ktva), Active (Kartari)

• अथ: then
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथ

• ताम्: that (her/it)
• ताम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• शालाम्: hall, house
• शालाम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: शाला
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• प्रविवेश: entered
• Type: Verb
• Root: विश्
• Form: Perfect (Paroksha-bhuta), Third, Singular, Parasmaipada, प्र

• मनस्विनी: the resolute-minded woman
• मनस्विनी: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मनस्विन्
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• śālā (hall/pavilion)
• manasvinī (the resolute woman; unnamed in this verse)