Shloka 17

Draupadī’s Grief at Seeing the Heroes in Disguise (द्रौपदी-विषादः / वेष-परिभव-वर्णनम्)

Devanagari script

शतं दासीसहस्राणां यस्य नित्यं महानसे । पात्रीहस्तं दिवारात्रमतिथीन्‌ भोजयन्त्युत

Transliteration

śataṁ dāsīsahasrāṇāṁ yasya nityaṁ mahānase | pātrīhastaṁ divārātram atithīn bhojayanty uta ||

Translation

ਜਿਸ ਦੇ ਵੱਡੇ ਰਸੋਈਘਰ ਵਿੱਚ ਨਿੱਤ ਇੱਕ ਲੱਖ ਦਾਸੀਆਂ ਬਰਤਨ ਹੱਥ ਵਿੱਚ ਲੈ ਕੇ ਦਿਨ-ਰਾਤ ਮਹਿਮਾਨਾਂ ਨੂੰ ਭੋਜਨ ਕਰਾਉਂਦੀਆਂ ਰਹਿੰਦੀਆਂ ਸਨ।

Word by Word

• शतम्: a hundred
• शतम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: शत
• Form: Neuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular

• दासी: of a maidservant
• दासी: Sambandha
• Type: Noun
• Root: दासी
• Form: Feminine, Genitive, Singular

• सहस्राणाम्: of thousands
• सहस्राणाम्: Sambandha
• Type: Noun
• Root: सहस्र
• Form: Neuter, Genitive, Plural

• यस्य: whose
• यस्य: Sambandha
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Genitive, Singular

• नित्यम्: always
• नित्यम्: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नित्य

• महानसे: in the great kitchen
• महानसे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: महानस
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• पात्रीहस्तम्: with vessel-in-hand (holding bowls/plates)
• पात्रीहस्तम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पात्रीहस्त
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• दिवा: by day
• दिवा: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: दिवा

• रात्रम्: by night
• रात्रम्: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: रात्रि
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• अतिथीन्: guests
• अतिथीन्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: अतिथि
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• भोजयन्ति: they feed
• भोजयन्ति: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: भुज् (भोजयति)
• Form: Present, 3rd, Plural, Parasmaipada, Indicative

• उत: and/also
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: उत

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• atithi (guests)
• mahānasa (royal kitchen)
• dāsī (maidservants/attendants)
• pātrī (serving vessel)