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Shloka 21

बकवधोत्तर-प्रशमनम् | Post-slaying Stabilization after Baka’s Death

सा कामरूपिणी रूपं कृत्वा मानुषमुत्तमम्‌ | उपतस्थे महाबाहुं भीमसेनं शनै: शनै:,हिडिम्बा इच्छानुसार रूप धारण करनेवाली थी। वह मानवजातिकी स्त्रीके समान सुन्दर रूप बनाकर लजीली ललनाकी भाँति धीरे-धीरे महाबाहु भीमसेनके पास गयी। दिव्य आभूषण उसकी शोभा बढ़ा रहे थे। तब उसने मुसकराकर भीमसेनसे इस प्रकार पूछा --'पुरुषरत्न! आप कौन हैं और कहाँसे आये हैं? ये देवताओंके समान सुन्दर रूपवाले पुरुष कौन हैं, जो यहाँ सो रहे हैं?

sā kāmarūpiṇī rūpaṃ kṛtvā mānuṣam uttamam | upatasthe mahābāhuṃ bhīmasenaṃ śanaiḥ śanaiḥ ||

Vaiśampāyana said: Hīḍimbā, who could assume forms at will, fashioned for herself an excellent human appearance. Like a modest young woman, she approached the mighty-armed Bhīmasena slowly and gently. (In this episode she then, smiling, questions him about his identity and origin, and about the godlike men sleeping nearby.) The scene frames a moral tension: a being of the forest and the night restrains her predatory impulse through desire and admiration, and the encounter becomes a test of vigilance and protection for the vulnerable sleepers.

साshe
सा:
Karta
TypePronoun
Rootतद्
FormFeminine, Nominative, Singular
कामरूपिणीable to assume forms at will
कामरूपिणी:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootकामरूपिन्
FormFeminine, Nominative, Singular
रूपम्form
रूपम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootरूप
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular
कृत्वाhaving made/assuming
कृत्वा:
TypeVerb
Rootकृ
Formक्त्वा (absolutive/gerund), Parasmaipada (usage-neutral here)
मानुषम्human
मानुषम्:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootमानुष
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular
उत्तमम्excellent, best
उत्तमम्:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootउत्तम
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular
उपतस्थेapproached, attended upon
उपतस्थे:
TypeVerb
Rootउप-स्था
FormPerfect (लिट्), Third, Singular, Atmanepada
महाबाहुम्the mighty-armed (one)
महाबाहुम्:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootमहाबाहु
FormMasculine, Accusative, Singular
भीमसेनम्Bhimasena
भीमसेनम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootभीमसेन
FormMasculine, Accusative, Singular
शनैःslowly
शनैः:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootशनैस्
Formtrue
शनैःslowly (repeated: very gently)
शनैः:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootशनैस्
Formtrue
हिडिम्बाHidimbā
हिडिम्बा:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootहिडिम्बा
FormFeminine, Nominative, Singular

वैशम्पायन उवाच

वैशम्पायन (Vaiśampāyana)
हिडिम्बा (Hiḍimbā)
भीमसेन (Bhīmasena/Bhīma)