Shloka 17
Devanagari script
भ्रातृशोकाभिसंतप्तस्तृषया च प्रपीडित: । अभिदुद्राव पानीयं ततो वागभ्यभाषत
Transliteration
bhrātṛśokābhisaṃtaptas tṛṣayā ca prapīḍitaḥ | abhidudrāva pānīyaṃ tato vāg abhyabhāṣata ||
Translation
Brûlé par le chagrin pour ses frères et tourmenté par la soif, il se précipita vers l’eau. Alors, une voix se fit entendre.
Word by Word
भ्रातृशोकाभिसंतप्तःtormented by grief for (his) brother
भ्रातृशोकाभिसंतप्तः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootभ्रातृशोकाभिसंतप्त
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
तृषयाby thirst
तृषया:
Karana
TypeNoun
Rootतृषा
FormFeminine, Instrumental, Singular
चand
च:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच
प्रपीडितःafflicted, oppressed
प्रपीडितः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootप्र-पीडित
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
अभिदुद्रावran towards
अभिदुद्राव:
TypeVerb
Rootअभि-द्रु
FormPerfect (Liṭ), Third, Singular
पानीयम्water, drinking water
पानीयम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootपानीय
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular
ततःthen, thereafter
ततः:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootततः
वाक्a voice/speech
वाक्:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootवाच्
FormFeminine, Nominative, Singular
अभ्यभाषतspoke (to him), addressed
अभ्यभाषत:
TypeVerb
Rootअभि-भाष्
FormImperfect (Laṅ), Third, Singular
Speaker
यक्ष उवाच
Characters & Entities
Y
Yakṣa (voice/speaker)W
water (pānīya)Character Dynamics
Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)
War Context
Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)
Philosophical Teaching
Political Layer
Geographic Context
Meter (Chandas)
Sandhi Notes
Educational Q&A
Even under intense grief and bodily need, one should not act impulsively; dharma begins with restraint and attentiveness to moral warning, especially before taking what one desires.
A man, distressed by his brothers’ fate and overcome by thirst, runs to drink from the water, but a Yaksha’s disembodied voice intervenes—initiating the famous questioning that tests discernment and righteousness.