Shloka 14

Bhīma–Draupadī Saṃvāda on Restraint, Protection, and the Kīcaka Threat

Virāṭa-parva, Adhyāya 20

Devanagari script

नूनं हि बालया धातुर्मया वै विप्रियं कृतम्‌ । यस्य प्रसादाद्‌ दुर्नीतं प्राप्तास्मि भरतर्षभ,भरतश्रेष्ठ! जान पड़ता है, बचपनमें मैंने विधाताका निश्चय ही महान्‌ अपराध किया है, जिसके फलस्वरूप मैं आज इस दुर्दशामें पड़ गयी हूँ

Transliteration

nūnaṃ hi bālayā dhātur mayā vai vipriyaṃ kṛtam | yasya prasādād durnītaṃ prāptāsmi bharatarṣabha ||

Translation

“Surely, in my girlhood I must have committed some grave offence against the Disposer (Fate). By His dispensation I have fallen into this evil plight, O bull among the Bharatas.”

Word by Word

• नूनम्: surely, indeed
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नूनम्

• हि: indeed, for
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि

• बालया: by/when (I was) a girl; in childhood
• बालया: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: बाला
• Form: Feminine, Instrumental, Singular

• धातुः: the Creator, Ordainer
• धातुः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: धातृ
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• मया: by me
• मया: Karana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अहम्
• Form: Common, Instrumental, Singular

• वै: indeed, certainly
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वै

• विप्रियम्: something displeasing
• विप्रियम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विप्रिय
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• कृतम्: done, committed
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ
• Form: क्त (past passive participle), Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• यस्य: of whom/whose
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Genitive, Singular

• प्रसादात्: from (his) favor/grace
• प्रसादात्: Apadana
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रसाद
• Form: Masculine, Ablative, Singular

• दुर्नीतम्: misfortune; ill-guided state
• दुर्नीतम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दुर्नीत
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• प्राप्ता: having reached, having fallen into
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्राप्
• Form: क्त (past active participle, feminine), Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• अस्मि: I am
• अस्मि: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस्
• Form: Present (Lat), First, Singular

• भरतर्षभ: O bull among the Bharatas
• Type: Noun
• Root: भरत-ऋषभ
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• भरतश्रेष्ठ: O best of the Bharatas
• Type: Noun
• Root: भरत-श्रेष्ठ
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Dhātṛ (the Disposer/Fate)
• Bharatarṣabha (epithet: ‘bull among the Bharatas’)