Shloka 22

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

Virāṭa-parva, Adhyāya 20

Devanagari script

यस्या: पुर:सरा आसनू्‌ पृष्ठतश्नानुगामिन: । साहमद्य सुदेष्णाया: पुर: पश्चाच्च गामिनी,जिसके आगे और पीछे बहुत-से सेवक रहा करते थे, वही मैं अब रानी सुदेष्णाके आगे और पीछे चलती हूँ

Transliteration

yasyāḥ puraḥsarā āsan pṛṣṭhataś cānugāminaḥ | sāham adya sudeṣṇāyāḥ puraḥ paścāc ca gāminī ||

Translation

Aquella que antaño tenía a muchos servidores caminando delante de ella como heraldos y siguiéndola detrás como séquito—hoy esa misma mujer soy yo, que ahora camino delante y detrás de la reina Sudeṣṇā.

Word by Word

यस्याःof whom/whose

पुरःसराःthose going in front, forerunners

आसन्were

पृष्ठतःfrom behind/behind

अनुगामिनःfollowers, those who go after

साshe/that (woman)

अहम्I

अद्यtoday/now

सुदेष्णायाःof Sudeshna (the queen)

पुरःin front

पश्चात्behind/after

चand

गामिनीgoing, moving (as an attendant)

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Sudeṣṇā

Sandhi Notes