Shloka 3

द्रौपदी-कृष्णसंवादः

Draupadī–Kṛṣṇa Dialogue on Settlement and Daṇḍa

Devanagari script

कथं नु दृष्टवा पाज्चालीं तथा कृष्ण सभागताम्‌ | अवधेन प्रशाम्येत मम मन्यु: सुयोधने,श्रीकृष्ण! पांचालराजकुमारी द्रौपदीको वैसी दशामें सभाके भीतर लायी गयी देखकर दुर्योधनके प्रति बढ़ा हुआ मेरा क्रोध उसका वध किये बिना कैसे शान्त हो सकता है?

Transliteration

kathaṁ nu dṛṣṭvā pāñcālīṁ tathā kṛṣṇāṁ sabhāgatām | avadhena praśāmyet mama manyuḥ suyodhane, śrīkṛṣṇa |

Translation

Sahadeva dit : «Comment, ô Śrī Kṛṣṇa, ma colère contre Suyodhana pourrait-elle s’apaiser sans sa mort, après avoir vu Pāñcālī—Kṛṣṇā (Draupadī)—amenée dans l’assemblée en un tel état ?»

Word by Word

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

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

• दृष्ट्वा: having seen
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश्
• Form: क्त्वा (absolutive/gerund), parasmaipada (usage-neutral here)

• पाञ्चालीम्: Pāñcālī (Draupadī)
• पाञ्चालीम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाञ्चाली
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• तथा: thus/in that manner
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा

• कृष्णाम्: Kṛṣṇā (Draupadī)
• कृष्णाम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: कृष्णा
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• सभागताम्: come/led into the assembly
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सभा-गता
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular, क्त (past passive participle) from √गम्

• अवधेन्: by killing/slaying
• अवधेन्: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: अवध
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• प्रशाम्येत: could/should become calm
• Type: Verb
• Root: शम्
• Form: Vidhi-linga (optative), Ātmanepada, 3rd, Singular, present (optative sense)

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

• मन्युः: wrath/anger
• मन्युः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: मन्यु
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• सुयोधने: towards/in the matter of Suyodhana (Duryodhana)
• सुयोधने: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुयोधन
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• श्रीकृष्ण: O Śrī Kṛṣṇa!
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्रीकृष्ण
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

Speaker

सहदेव उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sahadeva
• Pāñcālī (Draupadī)
• Kṛṣṇā (Draupadī)
• Sabhā (royal assembly/court)
• Suyodhana (Duryodhana)
• Śrī Kṛṣṇa