Shloka 16

धृतराष्ट्रदर्शनाय पाण्डवानां प्रयाणम् | The Pāṇḍavas Prepare to Visit Dhṛtarāṣṭra

Devanagari script

नूनं तस्यैव देवस्य प्रसादात्‌ पुनरेव तु । कन्याहमभवं विप्र यथा प्राह स मामृषि:

Transliteration

nūnaṃ tasyaiva devasya prasādāt punareva tu | kanyāham abhavaṃ vipra yathā prāha sa mām ṛṣiḥ ||

Translation

まことに、あの同じ神—太陽—の恩寵によって、私は再び処女の身となった、バラモンよ。聖仙が私に告げたとおり、そのまま成就したのである。

Word by Word

• नूनम्: surely, indeed
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नूनम्

• तस्य: of that (one)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: masculine/neuter, genitive, singular

• एव: only, indeed
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव

• देवस्य: of the god
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव
• Form: masculine, genitive, singular

• प्रसादात्: from (by reason of) grace/favor
• प्रसादात्: Apadana
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रसाद
• Form: masculine, ablative, singular

• पुनः: again
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पुनः

• एव: indeed
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव

• तु: but, and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु

• कन्या: a maiden, virgin
• कन्या: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: कन्या
• Form: feminine, nominative, singular

• अहम्: I
• अहम्: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: common, nominative, singular

• अभवम्: I became
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू
• Form: aorist (simple past), 1st, singular, parasmaipada

• विप्र: O brahmin
• Type: Noun
• Root: विप्र
• Form: masculine, vocative, singular

• यथा: as, just as
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा

• प्राह: said, spoke
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र+अह् (ब्रू)
• Form: perfect, 3rd, singular, parasmaipada

• सः: he
• सः: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular

• माम्: me
• माम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: common, accusative, singular

• ऋषिः: the sage
• ऋषिः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: ऋषि
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Sūrya (Sun-god)
• Ṛṣi (a sage/seer)
• Vipra (brāhmaṇa addressee)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Divine grace (prasāda) can restore what is lost and validate righteous assurances: the verse emphasizes the power of a deity’s favor and the trustworthiness of a sage’s word, linking moral order to truthful speech and sacred boons.

What is happening in the narrative?

A woman recounts that, by the Sun-god’s grace, she regained maidenhood after childbirth, exactly as a sage had predicted; the statement underscores that the boon operated as promised.