Shloka 19

द्रौपदी-भीमसेनसंवादः

Draupadī–Bhīmasena Dialogue on Suffering, Kāla, and Daiva

Devanagari script

किरीटं सूर्यसंकाशं यस्य मूर्द्धन्यशोभत । वेणीविकृतकेशान्त: सोडयमद्य धनंजय:

Transliteration

kirīṭaṃ sūryasaṅkāśaṃ yasya mūrdhny aśobhata | veṇī-vikṛta-keśāntaḥ so 'yam adya dhanañjayaḥ ||

Translation

वैशंपायन म्हणाले—ज्याच्या मस्तकावर सूर्यसमान तेजस्वी किरीट शोभत असे, तोच धनंजय (अर्जुन) आज वेणी/चोटी धारण केल्यामुळे केसांचे टोक विस्कटलेले दिसतो.

Word by Word

• किरीटम्: crown/diadem
• किरीटम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: किरीट
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• सूर्य-संकाशम्: sun-like, radiant like the sun
• सूर्य-संकाशम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सूर्यसंकाश
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• यस्य: whose
• यस्य: Adhikarana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Genitive, Singular

• मूर्धनि: on (his) head
• मूर्धनि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: मूर्धन्
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• अशोभत: shone/was splendid
• अशोभत: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: शुभ्
• Form: Imperfect (Lan), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• वेणी-विकृत-केश-अन्तः: he whose hair-ends are disfigured by a braid/topknot
• वेणी-विकृत-केश-अन्तः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वेणीविकृतकेशान्त
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• सः: he
• सः: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• उद्यमद्य: now, today (as an adverb)
• उद्यमद्य: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: उद्यमद्य

• धनंजयः: Dhanañjaya (Arjuna)
• धनंजयः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: धनंजय
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Dhanañjaya (Arjuna)
• kirīṭa (diadem/crown)
• veṇī (braid/topknot)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

True honor is not merely external splendor (a radiant crown) but steadfast adherence to dharma—accepting humiliation or altered appearance when duty, vows, and protection of others require it.

What is happening in the narrative?

In the Virāṭa court period of concealment, Arjuna lives in disguise; the verse contrasts his former royal brilliance—crowned like the sun—with his present altered hair arrangement (braid/topknot), highlighting the cost and discipline of remaining incognito.