Shloka 17

द्रौपदी-भीमसेनसंवादः

Draupadī–Bhīmasena Dialogue on Suffering, Kāla, and Daiva

Devanagari script

यस्य ज्याक्षेपकठिनौ बाहू परिघसंनिभौ । स शड्खपरिपूर्णाभ्यां शोचन्नास्ते धनंजय:

Transliteration

yasya jyākṣepa-kaṭhinau bāhū parigha-sannibhau | sa śaṅkha-paripūrṇābhyāṃ śocann āste dhanaṃjayaḥ ||

Translation

Dijo Vaiśampāyana: Arjuna—cuyos brazos, endurecidos por tensar la cuerda del arco, son como mazas de hierro—ahora se sienta apesadumbrado, con las manos llenas de brazaletes de concha.

Word by Word

• यस्य: of whom/whose
• यस्य: Sambandha
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Genitive, Singular

• ज्याक्षेपकठिनौ: hardened by the act of drawing the bowstring
• ज्याक्षेपकठिनौ: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ज्याक्षेपकठिन
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Dual

• बाहू: two arms
• बाहू: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: बाहु
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Dual

• परिघसंनिभौ: resembling iron bars/clubs
• परिघसंनिभौ: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: परिघसंनिभ
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Dual

• सः: he
• सः: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• शङ्खपरिपूर्णाभ्याम्: with (his) two (eyes) filled with tears
• शङ्खपरिपूर्णाभ्याम्: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शङ्खपरिपूर्ण
• Form: Neuter, Instrumental, Dual

• शोचन्: lamenting/grieving
• शोचन्: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: शुच्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular, शतृ (present active participle)

• आस्ते: sits/remains
• आस्ते: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: आस्
• Form: Present, Third, Singular, Atmanepada

• धनंजयः: Dhanañjaya (Arjuna)
• धनंजयः: Karta
• Type: Noun (Proper)
• Root: धनंजय
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Dhanañjaya (Arjuna)
• bowstring (jyā)
• conch-shell bangles/ornaments (śaṅkha)