Shloka 17

Kuntī’s Consolation to Draupadī and Lament for the Dispossessed Pandavas (सभा पर्व, अध्याय 70)

Devanagari script

धर्मराजनिसृष्टस्तु सिंह: क्षुद्रमृगानिव । धार्तराष्ट्रानिमान्‌ पापान्‌ निष्पिषेयं तलासिभि:,यदि धर्मराज मुझे आज्ञा दे दें तो जैसे सिंह छोटे मृगोंको दबोच लेता है, उसी प्रकार मैं धृतराष्ट्रके इन पापी पुत्रोंको तलवारकी जगह हाथोंके तलवोंसे ही मसल डालूँ

Transliteration

dharmarājanisṛṣṭas tu siṁhaḥ kṣudramṛgān iva | dhārtarāṣṭrān imān pāpān niṣpiṣeyaṁ talāsibhiḥ ||

Translation

ଧର୍ମରାଜ ଯୁଧିଷ୍ଠିର ଯଦି ମୋତେ ଆଜ୍ଞା ଦିଅନ୍ତି, ତେବେ ସିଂହ ଯେପରି ଛୋଟ ମୃଗମାନଙ୍କୁ ଧରି ଚୁର୍ଣ୍ଣ କରେ, ସେପରି ମୁଁ ଧୃତରାଷ୍ଟ୍ରଙ୍କ ଏହି ପାପୀ ପୁଅମାନଙ୍କୁ ତଳୱାରରେ ନୁହେଁ—ମୋ ହାତର ତଳୁଦ୍ୱାରା ହିଁ ପିଷିଦେବି।

Word by Word

• धर्मराज: Dharma-king (Yudhiṣṭhira)
• धर्मराज: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: धर्मराज
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• निसृष्टः: released/sent forth/commissioned
• Type: Adjective
• Root: नि√सृज्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular, Past passive participle (क्त)

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

• सिंहः: lion
• सिंहः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: सिंह
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• क्षुद्र: small/petty
• Type: Adjective
• Root: क्षुद्र
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• मृगान्: deer/animals
• मृगान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: मृग
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

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

• धार्तराष्ट्रान्: sons of Dhṛtarāṣṭra (Kauravas)
• धार्तराष्ट्रान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: धार्तराष्ट्र
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• इमान्: these
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम्
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• पापान्: sinful/wicked
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पाप
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• निष्पिषेयम्: I would crush/grind
• Type: Verb
• Root: नि√पिष्
• Form: Optative (विधिलिङ्), 1st, Singular, Parasmaipada

• तल: with palms/soles
• तल: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: तल
• Form: Neuter, Instrumental, Plural

• असिभिः: with swords
• असिभिः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: असि
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

Speaker

भीमसेन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhīmasena (Bhīma)
• Dharmarāja (Yudhiṣṭhira)
• Dhṛtarāṣṭra
• Dhārtarāṣṭras (Kauravas)
• lion
• small animals (kṣudramṛgāḥ)
• palms (tala)
• sword (asi)