Shloka 18

Post–Baka-vadha Residence and the Introduction of Yājñasenī’s Svayaṃvara (आदि पर्व, अध्याय १५३)

Devanagari script

धिक्‌ त्वामसति पुंस्कामे मम विप्रियकारिणि । पूर्वेषां राक्षसेन्द्राणां सर्वेषामयशस्करि,“मनुष्यको पति बनानेकी इच्छा रखकर मेरा अप्रिय करनेवाली दुराचारिणी! तुझे धिक्कार है। तू पूर्ववर्ती सम्पूर्ण राक्षसराजोंके कुलमें कलंक लगानेवाली है

Transliteration

dhik tvām asati puṁskāme mama vipriyakāriṇi | pūrveṣāṁ rākṣasendrāṇāṁ sarveṣām ayaśaskari ||

Translation

“Shame on you, wicked woman—driven by lust for a man—who has acted against my wishes! You bring disgrace upon the entire line of the former lords of the Rākṣasas.”

Word by Word

• धिक्: fie! shame!
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: धिक्

• त्वाम्: you
• त्वाम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद्
• Form: common, accusative, singular

• असति: O wicked woman
• Type: Noun
• Root: असत्
• Form: feminine, vocative, singular

• पुंस्कामे: O woman desiring a man (as husband)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पुंस्काम
• Form: feminine, vocative, singular

• मम: of me / my
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: common, genitive, singular

• विप्रियकारिणि: O doer of what is displeasing (to me)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विप्रियकारिन्
• Form: feminine, vocative, singular

• पूर्वेषाम्: of the former/previous
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पूर्व
• Form: masculine, genitive, plural

• राक्षसेन्द्राणाम्: of the lords of the Rakshasas
• Type: Noun
• Root: राक्षसेन्द्र
• Form: masculine, genitive, plural

• सर्वेषाम्: of all
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व
• Form: masculine, genitive, plural

• अयशस्करि: O bringer of disgrace
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अयशस्करिन्
• Form: feminine, vocative, singular

Speaker

वैशग्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśaṃpāyana
• Rākṣasas
• rākṣasendras (former lords/kings of the Rākṣasas)