Shloka 15

Virāṭa-parva Adhyāya 23: Report of the Slain Sūtaputras, Royal Orders, and Sairandhrī’s Return

Devanagari script

वैशम्पायन उवाच तस्यास्ता: कृपणा वाच: कृष्णाया: परिदेवितम्‌ । श्रुत्वैवाभ्यापतद्‌ भीम: शयनादविचारयन्‌

Transliteration

vaiśampāyana uvāca | tasyāstāḥ kṛpaṇā vācaḥ kṛṣṇāyāḥ paridevitam | śrutvaivābhyāpatad bhīmaḥ śayanād avicārayan |

Translation

ဝိုင်ရှမ္ပါယနက ပြောသည်—အို မင်းကြီး၊ ဒြൗပဒီ (ကృష్ణာ) ၏ သနားဖွယ်စကားနှင့် နာကျင်ဝမ်းနည်းသံကို ဘီမစೇန ကြားသည့်ခဏမှာပင် အကြံမချိန်ဘဲ အိပ်ရာမှ ချက်ချင်း ခုန်ထလာခဲ့သည်—သူမအပေါ် ပြင်းထန်သောစိုးရိမ်မှုနှင့် အရှက်အတင်းကို တုံ့ပြန်ရမည့် စစ်သူရဲ၏တာဝန်ကြောင့် ဖြစ်သည်။

Word by Word

• वैशम्पायनः: Vaiśampāyana
• वैशम्पायनः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: वैशम्पायन
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• उवाच: said
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच्
• Form: Perfect, 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• तस्याः: of her
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Feminine, Genitive, Singular

• ताः: those
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Plural

• कृपणाः: wretched, pitiable
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कृपण
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Plural

• वाचः: words, utterances
• वाचः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: वाच्
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Plural

• कृष्णायाः: of Kṛṣṇā (Draupadī)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कृष्णा
• Form: Feminine, Genitive, Singular

• परिदेवितम्: lamentation, wailing
• Type: Noun
• Root: परि-देव्
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• श्रुत्वा: having heard
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: श्रु
• Form: Absolutive (क्त्वा)

• एव: indeed, just
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव

• अभ्यापतत्: rushed forth, sprang up
• Type: Verb
• Root: अभि-आपत्
• Form: Imperfect, 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• भीमः: Bhīma
• भीमः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: भीम
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• शयनात्: from the bed/couch
• शयनात्: Apadana
• Type: Noun
• Root: शयन
• Form: Neuter, Ablative, Singular

• अविचारयन्: not considering, without deliberation
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अ-वि-चर्
• Form: Present active participle (शतृ), Masculine Nominative Singular (agreeing with भीमः)

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Bhīma (Bhīmasena)
• Kṛṣṇā (Draupadī)
• Rājan (the King—Janamejaya as listener)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights a dharmic impulse: when injustice is heard, especially against one under one’s protection, a righteous person may be compelled to immediate action. It also cautions that intense loyalty and protective duty can override deliberation, showing both the nobility and the danger of impulsive wrath.

What is happening in the narrative?

Draupadī (serving incognito in Virāṭa’s palace) laments her humiliation and suffering. Hearing her distressed words, Bhīma instantly jumps up from his bed, ready to respond, without stopping to think—signaling the Pandavas’ rising resolve to confront the wrong done to her.