Shloka 20

Kīcaka-vadha-pratisaṃjñā: Rumor in Matsya and the Kaurava Scouts’ Report (कीचकवध-प्रतिसंज्ञा)

Devanagari script

बुह्तन्नलोवाच कथं सैरन्ध्रि मुक्तासि कथं पापाश्न ते हता: । इच्छामि वै तव श्रोतुं सर्वमेव यथातथम्‌

Transliteration

bṛhannalovāca kathaṃ sairandhrī muktāsi kathaṃ pāpāś ca te hatāḥ | icchāmi vai tava śrotuṃ sarvam eva yathātatham ||

Translation

ブリハンナラーは言った。「サイランドリーよ、そなたはあの悪しき者どもの手からいかにして解き放たれたのか。あの邪なる男たちはいかにして討たれたのか。起こったことのすべてを、ありのままにそなたの口から聞きたい。」

Word by Word

• बृहन्नलः: Bṛhannalā (name)
• बृहन्नलः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: बृहन्नल
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

• कथम्: how?
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: कथम्

• सैरन्ध्रि: O Sairandhrī (maidservant)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सैरन्ध्री
• Form: Feminine, Vocative, Singular

• मुक्ता: freed, released
• Type: Verb
• Root: मुच्
• Form: क्त, Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• असि: you are
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस्
• Form: Present, Second, Singular

• कथम्: how?
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: कथम्

• पापाः: wicked men
• पापाः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पाप
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• ते: of you/your
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद्
• Form: Genitive, Singular

• हताः: killed, slain
• Type: Verb
• Root: हन्
• Form: क्त, Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• इच्छामि: I wish, I desire
• Type: Verb
• Root: इष्
• Form: Present, First, Singular

• वै: indeed
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वै

• तव: of you/from you
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद्
• Form: Genitive, Singular

• श्रोतुम्: to hear
• Type: Verb
• Root: श्रु
• Form: तुमुन् (infinitive), Parasmaipada

• सर्वम्: everything
• सर्वम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

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

• यथा: as, in the manner that
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा

• तथम्: so, thus
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bṛhannalā (Arjuna in disguise)
• Sairandhrī (Draupadī in disguise)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse foregrounds ethical accountability and truth: wrongdoing (pāpa) invites consequences, and the listener seeks an accurate, unembellished account (yathātatham). It also reflects dharmic concern for the protection and vindication of one who has been wronged.

What is happening in the narrative?

Bṛhannalā (Arjuna, disguised) questions Sairandhrī (Draupadī, disguised) about how she escaped from the offenders and how those offenders were killed, requesting a complete and faithful narration of the events.