Shloka 8

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

Devanagari script

सुदेष्णामब्रवीद्‌ राजा महिषीं जातसाध्वस: । सैरन्ध्रीमागतां ब्रूया ममैव वचनादिदम्‌,तदनन्तर राजाने भयभीत होकर रानी सुदेष्णाके पास जाकर कहा--'देवि! जब सैरन्ध्री यहाँ आ जाय, तो मेरी ही ओरसे उससे यों कहो--

Transliteration

sudeṣṇām abravīd rājā mahiṣīṁ jātasādhvasaḥ | sairandhrīm āgatāṁ brūyā mamaiva vacanād idam |

Translation

Vaiśaṃpāyana dijo: El rey, sobrecogido por un temor repentino, habló a su reina principal, Sudeṣṇā: «Cuando Sairandhrī venga aquí, dile esto; transmíteselo como si fueran mis propias palabras».

Word by Word

• सुदेष्णाम्: Sudeshna (the queen)
• सुदेष्णाम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुदेष्णा
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• अब्रवीत्: said/spoke
• Type: Verb
• Root: ब्रू
• Form: Imperfect (Lan), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• राजा: the king
• राजा: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजन्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• महिषीम्: the chief queen/consort
• महिषीम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: महिषी
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• जात: arisen/produced
• Type: Adjective
• Root: जन्
• Form: क्त (kta), Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• साध्वसः: fear/terror
• Type: Noun
• Root: साध्वस
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• सैरन्ध्रीम्: the maidservant (Sairandhri)
• सैरन्ध्रीम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: सैरन्ध्री
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• आगताम्: having come/arrived
• Type: Adjective
• Root: आ-गम्
• Form: क्त (kta), Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• ब्रूया: should say/tell
• Type: Verb
• Root: ब्रू
• Form: Optative (Vidhi-lin), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• मम: of me/my
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: Genitive, Singular, 1st

• एव: indeed/only
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव

• वचनात्: from (my) word/at (my) bidding
• वचनात्: Apadana
• Type: Noun
• Root: वचन
• Form: Neuter, Ablative, Singular

• इदम्: this (message)
• इदम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम्
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• तत्: that/then
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• अनन्तरम्: after that/thereupon
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अनन्तर

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Sudeṣṇā
• the King (Virāṭa)
• Sairandhrī (Draupadī in disguise)