Shloka 32

Drupada’s Alarm and Inquiry Regarding Śikhaṇḍinī (द्रुपदस्य भय-विमर्शः)

Devanagari script

पूजितश्च प्रतिययौ निर्भ्त्स्य तनयां किल | विनीतकिल्विषे प्रीते हेमवर्मणि पार्थिवे । प्रतियाते दशार्णे तु हृष्टरूपा शिखण्डिनी

Transliteration

pūjitaś ca pratiyayau nirbhartsya tanayāṃ kila | vinītakilviṣe prīte hemavaramaṇi pārthive | pratiyāte daśārṇe tu hṛṣṭarūpā śikhaṇḍinī |

Translation

ထို့အပြင် (ဆိုကြသည်အတိုင်း) မမှန်ကန်သော သတင်းပို့ခဲ့သဖြင့် မိမိသမီးကိုပင် ပြစ်တင်ဆုံးမ하였다။ ထို့နောက် ဒြုပဒမင်း၏ ဂုဏ်ပြုကြိုဆိုမှုကို ခံယူကာ ပြန်လည်ထွက်ခွာ하였다။ ဒါရှာဏ၏ ဟေမဝರ್ಮမင်းသည် အပြစ်အနာအဆာ ပျောက်ကင်း၍ စိတ်နှလုံးငြိမ်းချမ်းကာ ပျော်ရွှင်စွာ ပြန်သွားသောအခါ စိခဏ္ဍိနီလည်း အလွန်ဝမ်းမြောက်하였다။

Word by Word

• पूजितः: honoured, worshipped
• पूजितः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पूजित (√पूज्)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

• प्रतिययौ: returned
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्रति-या (√या)
• Form: Perfect (Liṭ), 3rd, Singular

• निर्भर्त्स्य: having rebuked
• Type: Verb
• Root: निर्-भर्त्स् (√भर्त्स्)
• Form: Absolutive (Gerund), Active

• तनयाम्: daughter
• तनयाम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: तनया
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• किल: indeed, it is said
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: किल

• विनीतकिल्विषे: in/when (he was) freed of sin/blemish
• विनीतकिल्विषे: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विनीतकिल्विष
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• प्रीते: when (he was) pleased
• प्रीते: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्रीत (√प्री)
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• हेमवर्मणि: in/with Hema-varman (Hiraṇyavarman), the golden-armoured (king)
• हेमवर्मणि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: हेमवर्मन्
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• पार्थिवे: in/with the king
• पार्थिवे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: पार्थिव
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• प्रतियाते: when (he) had returned
• प्रतियाते: Adhikarana
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्रति-या (√या)
• Form: Past passive participle (kta), Masculine, Locative, Singular

• दशार्णे: to/at Daśārṇa (country/kingdom)
• दशार्णे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: दशार्ण
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• तु: but, then
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु

• हृष्ट-रूपा: of delighted appearance, joyful-looking
• हृष्ट-रूपा: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: हृष्ट-रूपा
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• शिखण्डिनी: Śikhaṇḍinī
• शिखण्डिनी: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: शिखण्डिनी
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhīṣma
• Śikhaṇḍinī
• Drupada
• Hemavarman (Hiraṇyavarman in some traditions)
• Daśārṇa

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Deception used to manage political or personal outcomes invites censure even within one’s own family; when blame is removed and goodwill is restored, harmony returns. The verse highlights accountability, truthfulness, and the ethical value of reconciliation.

What is happening in the narrative?

After being honoured, the concerned party departs, having rebuked his daughter for sending a false report. King Hemavarman of Daśārṇa leaves in a pleased state once his grievance is settled, and Śikhaṇḍinī feels great joy at this favourable turn.