Shloka 17

Ādi Parva, Adhyāya 147 — Kanyā-paridevita

The daughter’s lament on lineage and protection

Devanagari script

चक्रे च वेश्मनस्तस्य मध्येनातिमहद्‌ बिलम्‌ । कपाटसयुक्तमज्ञातं सम॑ भूम्याश्व भारत,भारत! उसने उस भवनके ठीक बीचसे वह महान्‌ सुरंग निकाली। उसके मुहानेपर किवाड़ लगे थे। वह भूमिके समान सतहमें ही बनी थी; अत: किसीको ज्ञात नहीं हो पाती थी

Transliteration

vaiśampāyana uvāca | cakre ca veśmanas tasya madhyenātimahad bilam | kapāṭasayuktam ajñātaṃ samaṃ bhūmyāśu bhārata ||

Translation

វៃសម្បាយនៈបាននិយាយថា៖ នៅកណ្ដាលផ្ទះនោះ គេបានធ្វើរូងក្រោមដីដ៏ធំមួយ។ មាត់ច្រកមានទ្វារបិទ ហើយវាស្មើនឹងផ្ទៃដី ដូច្នេះហើយ—ឱ ភារតៈ—មិនអាចរកឃើញបាន។

Word by Word

चक्रेmade, constructed

चand

वेश्मनःof the house/building

तस्यof that (one), his/its

मध्येनthrough the middle

अतिमहत्very great, huge

बिलम्hole, tunnel, burrow

कपाटसयुक्तम्fitted with doors/shutters

अज्ञातम्unknown, unnoticed

समम्level, even

भूम्याwith the ground; by the ground

अश्वO horse (epithet in address)

भारतO Bharata

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

Bhārata (Janamejaya)

veśman (house/building)

atimahad bilam (great tunnel/underground passage)

kapāṭa (doors/gates)

bhūmi (ground/earth)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Geographic Context

Sandhi Notes