Shloka 94

Kirmīra-rākṣasa-saṃgamaḥ (Encounter and Slaying of Kirmīra) | किर्मीरेण सह भीमसेनसमागमः

Devanagari script

भ्रान्ता: प्रसुप्तास्तत्रेमे मात्रा सह सुदु:खिता: । सुप्तांश्ैनान भ्यगच्छद्धिडिम्बा नाम राक्षसी,वहाँ मातासहित ये दु:ःखी पाण्डव थककर सो गये। सो जानेपर इनके निकट हिडिम्बा नामक राक्षसी आयी

Transliteration

bhrāntāḥ prasuptās tatra ime mātrā saha suduḥkhitāḥ | suptāṁś cainān abhyagacchad hiḍimbā nāma rākṣasī ||

Translation

Vaiśampāyana said: Wearied and bewildered, those Pāṇḍavas—deeply afflicted—fell asleep there together with their mother. While they lay sleeping, a rākṣasī named Hiḍimbā came up to them.

Word by Word

भ्रान्ताःwearied/exhausted

प्रसुप्ताःfallen asleep

तत्रthere

इमेthese

मात्राwith (their) mother

सहtogether with

सुदुःखिताःvery sorrowful

सुप्तान्sleeping (ones)

एतान्these (them)

अभ्यगच्छत्approached

हिडिम्बाHiḍimbā

नामby name

राक्षसीa demoness

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

Pāṇḍavas

Kuntī (mother of the Pāṇḍavas)

Hiḍimbā

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Geographic Context

Sandhi Notes