Shloka 8
Drupada’s Putrakāmeṣṭi: The Sacrificial Birth of Dhṛṣṭadyumna and Kṛṣṇā
Devanagari script
वीरेणाहं तथानेन त्वया चापि यशस्विनि । प्रत्याख्याता न जीवामि सत्यमेतद् ब्रवीमि ते,“यशस्विनि! यदि ये वीरवर भीमसेन या आप मेरी इस प्रार्थनाको ठुकरा देंगी तो मैं जीवित नहीं रह सकूँगी। यह मैं आपसे सत्य कहती हूँ
Transliteration
vīreṇāhaṃ tathānena tvayā cāpi yaśasvini | pratyākhyātā na jīvāmi satyam etad bravīmi te ||
Translation
“O illustrious lady, if I am rejected by that hero—and by you as well—I shall not go on living. This I tell you in truth.”
Word by Word
वीरेणby/with the hero
वीरेण:
Karana
TypeNoun
Rootवीर
FormMasculine, Instrumental, Singular
अहम्I
अहम्:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootअस्मद्
Form—, Nominative, Singular
तथाthus/so
तथा:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतथा
अनेनby/with this (one)
अनेन:
Karana
TypePronoun
Rootइदम्
FormMasculine/Neuter, Instrumental, Singular
त्वयाby/with you
त्वया:
Karana
TypePronoun
Rootयुष्मद्
Form—, Instrumental, Singular
चand
च:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच
अपिalso/even
अपि:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअपि
यशस्विनिO illustrious one
यशस्विनि:
TypeAdjective
Rootयशस्विन्
FormFeminine, Vocative, Singular
प्रत्याख्याताrejected/turned away
प्रत्याख्याता:
TypeVerb
Rootप्रति-आ-ख्या (क्त)
FormFeminine, Nominative, Singular, क्त (past passive participle)
नnot
न:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootन
जीवामिI live / I will live
जीवामि:
TypeVerb
Rootजीव्
FormPresent (Lat), First, Singular, Parasmaipada
सत्यम्truth
सत्यम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootसत्य
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular
एतत्this
एतत्:
Karma
TypePronoun
Rootएतद्
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular
ब्रवीमिI say / I tell
ब्रवीमि:
TypeVerb
Rootब्रू
FormPresent (Lat), First, Singular, Parasmaipada
तेto you
ते:
Sampradana
TypePronoun
Rootयुष्मद्
Form—, Dative, Singular
Speaker
वैशमग्पायन उवाच
Characters & Entities
V
VaiśaṃpāyanaY
yaśasvinī (addressed woman)V
vīra (hero; implied Bhīmasena in context)Sandhi Notes