Shloka 10

Devanagari script

हिरण्यवर्मेति नूपो योडसौ दाशार्णक: स्मृत: । सच प्रादान्महीपाल: कन्यां तस्मै शिखण्डिने,दशार्णदेशके राजाका नाम हिरण्यवर्मा था। भूपाल हिरण्यवर्माने शिखण्डीको अपनी कन्या दे दी

Transliteration

Hiraṇyavarmeti nṛpo yo ’sau Dāśārṇakaḥ smṛtaḥ | sa ca prādān mahīpālaḥ kanyāṁ tasmai Śikhaṇḍine ||

Translation

Drupada berkata: “Di Daśārṇa ada seorang raja yang dikenang dengan nama Hiraṇyavarman. Raja itu menyerahkan puterinya sebagai isteri kepada Śikhaṇḍin.”

Word by Word

हिरण्यवर्माHiraṇyavarman (proper name)

इतिthus (quotative)

नृपःking

यःwho

असौthat (aforementioned) one

दाशार्णकःa man/king of Daśārṇa (country)

स्मृतःis remembered/known (as)

सःhe

चand

प्रादात्gave

महीपालःthe king (lit. protector of the earth)

कन्याम्daughter/maiden

तस्मैto him

शिखण्डिनेto Śikhaṇḍin

Speaker

दुपद उवाच

Characters & Entities

Drupada

Hiraṇyavarman

Śikhaṇḍin

Daśārṇa (Daśārṇa-deśa)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights how royal actions—especially marriage alliances—carry dharmic weight: decisions made for political or social reasons can generate long-term moral and relational consequences when based on mistaken identity or concealment.

What is happening in the narrative?

Drupada recounts that Hiraṇyavarman, the king of Daśārṇa, gave his daughter to Śikhaṇḍin in marriage, establishing a key link in Śikhaṇḍin’s backstory that later becomes a source of tension and conflict.