Shloka 66

Drupada’s Alarm and Inquiry Regarding Śikhaṇḍinī (द्रुपदस्य भय-विमर्शः)

Devanagari script

व्रतमेतन्‍्मम सदा पृथिव्यामपि विश्रुतम्‌ । स्त्रियां स्त्रीपूर्वके चैव स्त्रीनाम्नि स्त्रीसरूपिणि

Transliteration

vratam etan mama sadā pṛthivyām api viśrutam | striyāṃ strīpūrvake caiva strīnāmni strīsarūpiṇi na muñceyam ahaṃ bāṇam iti kauravanandana |

Translation

Bhīṣma disse: “Este voto meu é conhecido por toda a terra: não soltarei uma flecha contra quem seja mulher, nem contra quem foi mulher e depois se tornou homem, nem contra quem tenha nome feminino, nem contra quem tenha forma e vestes semelhantes às de uma mulher. Tal é a minha contenção, ó alegria dos Kurus.”

Word by Word

• व्रतम्: vow
• व्रतम्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: व्रत
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• एतत्: this
• एतत्: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: एतद्
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• मम: of me / my
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: Genitive, Singular

• सदा: always
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सदा

• पृथिव्याम्: on the earth
• पृथिव्याम्: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: पृथिवी
• Form: Feminine, Locative, Singular

• अपि: also / even
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि

• विश्रुतम्: well-known
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विश्रुत
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• स्त्रियम्: a woman
• स्त्रियम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्त्री
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• स्त्रीपूर्वके: in one who had a woman as the former state (i.e., formerly a woman)
• स्त्रीपूर्वके: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स्त्रीपूर्वक
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Locative, Singular

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

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

• स्त्रीनाम्नि: in one having a woman's name
• स्त्रीनाम्नि: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स्त्रीनामन्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Locative, Singular

• स्त्रीसरूपिणि: in one having a woman's appearance/form
• स्त्रीसरूपिणि: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स्त्रीसरूपिन्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Locative, Singular

• न: not
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न

• मुञ्चेयम्: I should release / let go
• Type: Verb
• Root: मुच्
• Form: Optative (Vidhi-lin), First, Singular, Parasmaipada

• अहम्: I
• अहम्: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: Nominative, Singular

• बाणम्: arrow
• बाणम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: बाण
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• इति: thus (quotative)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति

• कौरवनन्दन: O delight of the Kurus
• Type: Noun
• Root: कौरवनन्दन
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhīṣma
• Kauravanandana (a Kuru prince, addressee)
• bāṇa (arrow)
• pṛthivī (the earth)