Shloka 59

Duryodhana-patana-anuśocana

The Fall of Duryodhana and the Contest of Restraint

Devanagari script

पुल्लिज्जा इव नार्यस्तु स्त्रीलिड्रा पुरुषाभवन्‌

Transliteration

pullijjā iva nāryas tu strīlīḍrā puruṣābhavan

Translation

ວາຍຸກ່າວວ່າ: «ບັນດາແມ່ຍິງ ດຸດດັ່ງຖືກຄວາມຄຸ້ມຄັ່ງປະຫລາດຈັບກຸມ ກໍກາຍເປັນດັ່ງຜູ້ຊາຍ—ລະທິ້ງຄວາມສຸພາບສະຫງົບຕາມທຳນຽມແມ່ຍິງ ແລະ ຮັບເອົາທ່າທີກ້າຫານ ແຂງກ້າ».

Word by Word

• पुल्लिङ्गाः: male (persons)
• पुल्लिङ्गाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुल्लिङ्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• इव: as if / like
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इव

• नार्यः: women
• नार्यः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: नारी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Plural

• तु: but / however
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु

• स्त्रीलिङ्गाः: female (persons) / those of feminine gender
• स्त्रीलिङ्गाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• पुरुषाः: men
• पुरुषाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुरुष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• अभवन्: became / were
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: Imperfect (लङ्), Third, Plural

Speaker

वायुदेव उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vāyu (Vāyudeva)
• women (nāryaḥ)
• men (puruṣa)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights how intense turmoil can invert expected social roles and behaviors, signaling a breakdown of normal order; ethically, it points to the destabilizing power of violence and crisis on personal conduct and communal norms.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vāyu describes a scene in which women, overwhelmed by extraordinary circumstances, act with a boldness and force associated with men, indicating widespread agitation and the abnormality of the situation being recounted.