Shloka 21

Drupada’s Alarm and Inquiry Regarding Śikhaṇḍinī (द्रुपदस्य भय-विमर्शः)

Devanagari script

तस्य पापस्य करणात्‌ फल प्राप्रुहि दुर्मते । देहि युद्ध नरपते ममाद्य रणमूर्धनि

Transliteration

tasya pāpasya karaṇāt phala prāpruhi durmate | dehi yuddha narapate mamādya raṇamūrdhani ||

Translation

«Por haber cometido ese pecado, cosecha su fruto, oh de mente perversa. Concédeme batalla, señor de los hombres: hoy, en la primera línea del campo de guerra.»

Word by Word

• तस्य: of that
• तस्य: Sambandha
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Genitive, Singular

• पापस्य: of the sin/evil deed
• पापस्य: Sambandha
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाप
• Form: Neuter, Genitive, Singular

• करणात्: from (your) doing/commission
• करणात्: Apadana
• Type: Noun
• Root: करण
• Form: Neuter, Ablative, Singular

• फलम्: fruit, result
• फलम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: फल
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• प्राप्नुहि: obtain, receive
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-आप्
• Form: Imperative, Second, Singular, Parasmaipada

• दुर्मते: O evil-minded one
• Type: Noun (vocative used as address)
• Root: दुर्मति
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• देहि: give, grant
• Type: Verb
• Root: दा
• Form: Imperative, Second, Singular, Parasmaipada

• युद्धम्: battle, fight
• युद्धम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: युद्ध
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• नरपते: O king (lord of men)
• Type: Noun (vocative used as address)
• Root: नरपति
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• मम: of me, my
• मम: Sambandha
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: Genitive, Singular

• अद्य: today, now
• अद्य: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अद्य

• रणमूर्धनि: on the battlefield (lit. on the head/top of battle)
• रणमूर्धनि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: रणमूर्धन्
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhīṣma
• narapati (the king, addressed)