Shloka 26

द्रौपदी-भीमसेनसंवादः

Draupadī–Bhīmasena Dialogue on Suffering, Kāla, and Daiva

Devanagari script

भूषितं तमलंकारै: कुण्डलै: परिहाटकै: । कम्बुपाणिनमायान्तं दृष्टवा सीदति मे मन:

Transliteration

bhūṣitaṃ tam alaṅkāraiḥ kuṇḍalaiḥ parihāṭakaiḥ | kambupāṇinam āyāntaṃ dṛṣṭvā sīdati me manaḥ ||

Translation

ସ୍ତ୍ରୀଜନୋଚିତ ଆଳଙ୍କାରରେ ଭୂଷିତ, କୁଣ୍ଡଳ ଓ ସୁବର୍ଣ୍ଣାଭୂଷଣ ପିନ୍ଧି, ହାତରେ ଶଙ୍ଖଚୁଡ଼ି ଧାରଣ କରି ସେ ଆସୁଥିବାକୁ ଦେଖିଲେ ମୋ ମନ ଶୋକରେ ଭାଙ୍ଗିପଡ଼େ।

Word by Word

• भूषितम्: adorned
• भूषितम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: भूषित (भूष्-धातु, क्त)
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• तम्: him
• तम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• अलंकारैः: with ornaments
• अलंकारैः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: अलंकार
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

• कुण्डलैः: with earrings
• कुण्डलैः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: कुण्डल
• Form: Neuter, Instrumental, Plural

• परिहाटकैः: with bracelets/armlets (parihāṭakas)
• परिहाटकैः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: परिहाटक
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

• कम्बुपाणिनम्: one whose hands have conch(-like) bangles / conch-adorned-handed
• कम्बुपाणिनम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: कम्बुपाणि
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• आयान्तम्: coming, approaching
• आयान्तम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: आ-या (या-धातु, शतृ)
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• दृष्ट्वा: having seen
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: दृश् (क्त्वा)
• Form: true

• सीदति: sinks, becomes dejected
• Type: Verb
• Root: सद्
• Form: Present, Third, Singular, Parasmaipada

• मे: my
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: Genitive, Singular

• मनः: mind, heart
• मनः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: मनस्
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Arjuna
• kuṇḍala (earrings)
• haṭaka/parihāṭaka (gold ornaments)
• kambu (conch-shell bangles/bracelets)
• alaṅkāra (ornaments)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Outer appearance can be strategically assumed for a righteous purpose without altering inner virtue; the verse underscores the emotional cost and social tension of such role-reversal, while implying that dharma may require difficult, even humiliating, adaptations to protect a greater good.

What is happening in the narrative?

During the Pāṇḍavas’ incognito stay in Virāṭa’s kingdom, Arjuna appears in a feminized, ornamented guise (as Bṛhannalā). The narrator describes his own sorrow on seeing the great warrior approaching adorned with earrings, gold ornaments, and conch-shell bangles.