Shloka 18

कुम्भकर्णवधः — Kumbhakarṇa’s Fall and the Renewal of the Engagement

Devanagari script

स एष शूरो नित्यममर्षणश्न धीमान्‌ प्राज्ञ: सहदेव: पतिर्मे त्यजेत्‌ प्राणान्‌ प्रविशेद्धव्यवाहं न त्वेवैष व्याहरेद्‌ धर्मबाहमम्‌

Transliteration

sa eṣa śūro nityam amarṣaṇaś ca dhīmān prājñaḥ sahadevaḥ patir me tyajet prāṇān praviśed dhavyavāhaṃ na tv evaiṣa vyāhared dharmabāhamam

Translation

Vaiśampāyana said: “This man is a hero—ever intolerant of dishonour, steadfast in spirit, intelligent and wise. Sahadeva, my lord, would sooner give up his life and enter the sacrificial fire than utter any word that would violate dharma.”

Word by Word

सःhe

एषःthis (man)

शूरःhero, brave man

नित्यम्always

अमर्षणःintolerant (of insult), unforbearing

धीमान्intelligent

प्राज्ञःwise

सहदेवःSahadeva

पतिःhusband, lord

मेof me, my

त्यजेत्would abandon, would give up

प्राणान्life-breaths, life

प्रविशेत्would enter

हव्यवाहम्the fire (carrier of oblations)

नnot

तुbut

एवindeed, just

एषःthis (man)

व्याहरेत्would utter, would speak

धर्मबाहम्one whose arms are (for) dharma / dharma-armed (epithet)

अमम्harm, injury (reading uncertain)

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

Sahadeva

Agni (dhavyavāha, sacrificial fire)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Geographic Context

Sandhi Notes