Shloka 16

Role-Allocation in Virāṭa’s Court: Nakula, Sahadeva, and Draupadī’s Concealment

Devanagari script

सुकुमारी च बाला च राजपुत्री यशस्विनी । पतिव्रता महाभागा कथं नु विचरिष्यति,इसका शरीर अत्यन्त सुकुमार है। इसकी अवस्था नयी है। यह यशस्विनी राजकुमारी परम सौभाग्यवती तथा पतिव्रता है। भला, यह विराटनगरमें किस प्रकार रहेगी?

Transliteration

sukumārī ca bālā ca rājaputrī yaśasvinī | pativratā mahābhāgā kathaṃ nu vicarīṣyati ||

Translation

Yudhiṣṭhira said: “She is delicate and still very young—a renowned princess. She is devoted to her husband and greatly fortunate. How, then, will she be able to live and move about in Virāṭa’s city?”

Word by Word

• सुकुमारी: very delicate/tender (girl)
• सुकुमारी: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सुकुमारी
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• बाला: a young girl
• बाला: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: बाल
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• राजपुत्री: king's daughter/princess
• राजपुत्री: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजपुत्री
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• यशस्विनी: famous, illustrious
• यशस्विनी: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: यशस्विन्
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• पतिव्रता: devoted to her husband
• पतिव्रता: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पतिव्रता
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• महाभागा: very fortunate, highly blessed
• महाभागा: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महाभाग
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• कथम्: how?
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: कथम्

• नु: indeed, then (emphatic particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नु

• विचरिष्यति: will move about/live (here)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वि-चर्
• Form: Simple Future (Luṭ), 3rd, Singular

Speaker

युधिछिर उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Yudhiṣṭhira
• Virāṭanagara (city of Virāṭa)
• a rājaputrī (princess)