Shloka 19

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

Virāṭa-parva, Adhyāya 20

Devanagari script

यस्या मम मुखप्रेक्षा यूयमिन्द्रसमा: सदा । सा प्रेक्षे मुखमन्यासामवराणां वरा सती,एक दिन वह था कि इन्द्रके समान पराक्रमी तुम सब भाई सदा मेरा मुँह निहारा करते थे। आज वही मैं श्रेष्ठ होकर भी अपनेसे निकृष्ट दूसरी स्त्रियोंका मुँह जोहती रहती हूँ

Transliteration

yasyā mama mukhaprekṣā yūyam indrasamāḥ sadā | sā prekṣe mukham anyāsām avarāṇāṁ varā satī ||

Translation

Vaiśampāyana said: “There was a time when you brothers—ever valiant like Indra—would constantly look to my face for guidance and approval. Now, though I am worthy and of high standing, I find myself watching the faces of other women who are beneath me.”

Word by Word

यस्याःof whom/whose

ममof me/my

मुख-प्रेक्षाface-looking; looking at the face (habit/act)

यूयम्you (all)

इन्द्र-समाःequal to Indra; Indra-like

सदाalways

साshe/that (woman)

प्रेक्षेI look at / I gaze

मुखम्face

अन्यासाम्of other (women)

अवराणाम्of inferior (women)

वराexcellent; best

सतीbeing; virtuous (woman)

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

Indra

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Geographic Context

Sandhi Notes