Shloka 12

Kīcaka-vadha-pratisaṃjñā: Rumor in Matsya and the Kaurava Scouts’ Report (कीचकवध-प्रतिसंज्ञा)

Devanagari script

त्रासितेव मृगी बाला शार्टूलेन मनस्विनी । गात्राणि वाससी चैव प्रक्षाल्य सलिलेन सा,वैशम्पायनजी कहते हैं--राजन्‌! जब सूतपुत्रोंकी मारकर भीमसेनने द्रौपदीका बन्धन खोल दिया और वह भयसे मुक्त हो गयी, तब जलसे स्नान करके अपने शरीर और वस्त्रोंको धोकर सिंहसे डरायी हुई हरिणीकी भाँति वह मनस्विनी बाला नगरकी ओर चली

Transliteration

trāsitevā mṛgī bālā śārṭūlena manasvinī | gātrāṇi vāsasī caiva prakṣālya salilena sā |

Translation

Vaiśampāyana said: O King, like a young doe terrified by a tiger, the resolute maiden—having washed her limbs and her garments with water after being freed from fear—set out toward the city.

Word by Word

त्रासिताfrightened

इवlike/as

मृगीdoe (female deer)

बालाyoung girl

शार्दूलेनby/with a tiger

मनस्विनीhigh-spirited, resolute

गात्राणिlimbs, body-parts

वाससीtwo garments/clothes

चand

एवindeed/just

प्रक्षाल्यhaving washed

सलिलेनwith water

साshe

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

King (Janamejaya, implied addressee)

the maiden (Draupadī, implied by context)

city (nagara, implied)

tiger

doe

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Geographic Context

Sandhi Notes