Shloka 28

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

Virāṭa-parva, Adhyāya 20

Devanagari script

सा बाष्पकलया वाचा नि: श्वसन्ती पुनः पुन: । हृदयं भीमसेनस्य घट्टयन्तीदमब्रवीत्‌,वह बार-बार लंबी साँसें लेती हुई आँसुओंसे गद्गद वाणीमें भीमसेनके हृदयको कम्पित करती हुई इस प्रकार बोली--

Transliteration

sā bāṣpakalayā vācā niḥśvasantī punaḥ punaḥ | hṛdayaṃ bhīmasenasya ghaṭṭayantīdam abravīt ||

Translation

Vaiśampāyana said: Her voice choked with tears, heaving deep sighs again and again, she spoke these words—so as to shake Bhīmasena’s very heart.

Word by Word

• सा: she
• सा: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• बाष्पकलया: with a tearful (broken) tone / with a tear-drop (as it were)
• बाष्पकलया: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: बाष्पकला
• Form: Feminine, Instrumental, Singular

• वाचा: with speech/voice
• वाचा: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: वाच्
• Form: Feminine, Instrumental, Singular

• निःश्वसन्ती: sighing/breathing out
• निःश्वसन्ती: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: नि-श्वस्
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular, शतृ (present active participle)

• पुनः: again
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पुनः

• पुनः: again
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पुनः

• हृदयं: heart
• हृदयं: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: हृदय
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• भीमसेनस्य: of Bhimasena
• Type: Noun
• Root: भीमसेन
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• घट्टयन्ती: shaking/agitating (causing to tremble)
• घट्टयन्ती: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: घट्ट्
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular, शतृ (present active participle), causative sense

• इदम्: this
• इदम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: इदम्
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• अब्रवीत्: said/spoke
• Type: Verb
• Root: ब्रू
• Form: Imperfect (लङ्), Third, Singular, Parasmaipada

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Bhīmasena