Shloka 59
Duryodhana-patana-anuśocana
The Fall of Duryodhana and the Contest of Restraint
Devanagari script
पुल्लिज्जा इव नार्यस्तु स्त्रीलिड्रा पुरुषाभवन्
Transliteration
pullijjā iva nāryas tu strīlīḍrā puruṣābhavan
Translation
स्त्रियाँ मानो उन्मादग्रस्त होकर पुरुषों-सी हो गईं और पुरुष स्त्रियों-से प्रतीत होने लगे।
Word by Word
पुल्लिङ्गाःmale (persons)
पुल्लिङ्गाः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootपुल्लिङ्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural
इवas if / like
इव:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइव
नार्यःwomen
नार्यः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootनारी (प्रातिपदिक)
FormFeminine, Nominative, Plural
तुbut / however
तु:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतु
स्त्रीलिङ्गाःfemale (persons) / those of feminine gender
स्त्रीलिङ्गाः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootस्त्रीलिङ्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural
पुरुषाःmen
पुरुषाः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootपुरुष (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural
अभवन्became / were
अभवन्:
TypeVerb
Rootभू (धातु)
FormImperfect (लङ्), Third, Plural
Speaker
वायुदेव उवाच
Characters & Entities
V
Vāyu (Vāyudeva)W
women (nāryaḥ)M
men (puruṣa)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
The verse highlights how intense turmoil can invert expected social roles and behaviors, signaling a breakdown of normal order; ethically, it points to the destabilizing power of violence and crisis on personal conduct and communal norms.
Vāyu describes a scene in which women, overwhelmed by extraordinary circumstances, act with a boldness and force associated with men, indicating widespread agitation and the abnormality of the situation being recounted.