Shloka 21

Bhīma–Draupadī Saṃvāda on Restraint, Protection, and the Kīcaka Threat

Virāṭa-parva, Adhyāya 20

Devanagari script

यस्या: सागरपर्यन्ता पृथिवी वशवर्तिनी | आसीतू साद्य सुदेष्णाया भीताहं वशवर्तिनी,पाण्डुनन्दन! देखो, तुम सबके जीते-जी मैं ऐसी बुरी हालतमें पड़ी हूँ, जो मेरे लिये कदापि उचित नहीं है। समयके इस उलट-फेरको तो देखो; एक दिन समुद्रके पासतककी सारी पृथ्वी जिसके अधीन थी, वही मैं आज सुदेष्णाके वशमें होकर उससे डरती रहती हूँ

Transliteration

yasyāḥ sāgara-paryantā pṛthivī vaśa-vartinī | āsīt sādy(a) sudeṣṇāyā bhītāhaṃ vaśa-vartinī, pāṇḍu-nandana! paśya, yuṣmāsu sarveṣu jīvatsu jīvatsu aham īdṛśīṃ dur-avasthāṃ prāptā, yā mama kadācid api na yuktā. kālasya asya viparyayaṃ paśya; ekadā yasyāḥ samudra-paryantā sarvā pṛthivī vaśe āsīt, sā aham adya sudeṣṇā-vaśe vartamānā tasmād bibhemi.

Translation

ବୈଶମ୍ପାୟନ କହିଲେ—ଯାହାର ବଶରେ ସାଗରପର୍ଯ୍ୟନ୍ତ ପୃଥିବୀ ଥିଲା, ସେଇ ମୁଁ ଆଜି ସୁଦେଷ୍ଣାର ଅଧୀନରେ ରହି ତାକୁ ଭୟ କରୁଛି।

Word by Word

• {'yasyāḥ': 'of whom/whose (feminine genitive singular)', 'sāgara-paryantā': 'bounded by the ocean

• extending to the sea', 'pṛthivī': 'the earth

• realm', 'vaśa-vartinī': 'subject to one’s control

• under sway (feminine)', 'āsīt': 'was

• existed', 'adya': 'today

• now', 'sudeṣṇāyāḥ / sudeṣṇāyā': 'of Sudeṣṇā (queen of Virāṭa

• here indicating her authority)', 'bhītā': 'afraid

• fearful (feminine)', 'pāṇḍu-nandana': 'son of Pāṇḍu (address to a Pāṇḍava, contextually Yudhiṣṭhira)', 'kāla': 'time

• fate', 'viparyaya': 'reversal

• unexpected turn', 'ekadā': 'once

• formerly', 'vaśe vartamānā': 'remaining under control

• living in subjection', 'bibhemi': 'I fear'}

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Pāṇḍunandana (a Pāṇḍava, contextually Yudhiṣṭhira)
• Sudeṣṇā
• Pṛthivī (the earth/realm)
• Sāgara (the ocean)