Shloka 50

द्रौपद्याः भीमसेन-प्रबोधनम्

Draupadī Awakens Bhīmasena

Devanagari script

सुदेष्णोवाच घातयामि सुकेशान्ते कीचकं यदि मन्यसे । योडसौ त्वां कामसम्मत्तो दुर्लभामवमन्यते

Transliteration

sudeṣṇovāca ghātayāmi sukeśānte kīcakaṃ yadi manyase | yo ’sau tvāṃ kāmasammatto durlabhām avamanyate ||

Translation

スデーシュナーは言った。「美しい髪の方よ、あなたが望むなら、キーチャカを討たせよう。欲に狂い、稀有にして敬われるべきあなたを侮辱するなど、許しがたい。」

Word by Word

• सुदेष्णा: Sudeshna
• सुदेष्णा: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुदेष्णा
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• उवाच: said
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच्
• Form: Perfect, 3rd, Singular

• घातयामि: I will cause to be killed / I will have (him) killed
• Type: Verb
• Root: घातय् (णिच् of हन्)
• Form: Present, 1st, Singular

• सुकेशान्ते: O one with beautiful hair (tresses)
• सुकेशान्ते: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुकेशान्त
• Form: Feminine, Vocative, Singular

• कीचकम्: Kichaka
• कीचकम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: कीचक
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• यदि: if
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यदि

• मन्यसे: you think / you approve
• Type: Verb
• Root: मन् (मन्यते)
• Form: Present, 2nd, Singular

• यः: who
• यः: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• असौ: that (man)
• असौ: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: असद्/अदस् (प्रदर्शक सर्वनाम)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• त्वाम्: you
• त्वाम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद्
• Form: Accusative, Singular

• कामसम्मत्तः: maddened by desire
• कामसम्मत्तः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: काम-सम्मत्त
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• दुर्लभाम्: rare, hard to obtain
• दुर्लभाम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दुर्लभ
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• अवमन्यते: disrespects, insults
• Type: Verb
• Root: अव-मन्य् (अवमन्यते)
• Form: Present, 3rd, Singular

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sudeṣṇā
• Kīcaka

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Unchecked kāma (lust) leads to adharma—disrespect and violation of another’s dignity—while rulers and elders are ethically bound to restrain wrongdoing and protect those under their care.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sudeṣṇā addresses the woman with beautiful tresses (Draupadī in disguise) and says that, if she agrees, she will have Kīcaka killed because he is lust-crazed and is insulting her.