Shloka 17

अध्याय १५ — कीचकस्य अत्याचारः, द्रौपद्याः सभाशरणगमनम्

Kīcaka’s coercion and Draupadī’s appeal in the assembly

Devanagari script

सा शड्कमाना रुदती दैवं शरणमीयुषी । प्रातिष्ठत सुराहारी कीचकस्य निवेशनम्‌

Transliteration

sā śaṅkamānā rudatī daivaṁ śaraṇam īyuṣī | prātiṣṭhata surāhārī kīcakasya niveśanam ||

Translation

Chorando, tomada de medo e dúvida, Draupadī—levando o vaso para a bebida—pôs-se a caminho da residência de Kīcaka. Para resguardar sua castidade e sua honra, buscou refúgio no divino em seu íntimo, fixando a mente em Sūrya como seu protetor.

Word by Word

• सा: she
• सा: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• शङ्कमाना: doubting/suspecting
• शङ्कमाना: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: शङ्क्
• Form: शानच् (present active participle), Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• रुदती: weeping/crying
• रुदती: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: रुद्
• Form: शतृ (present active participle), Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• दैवम्: the divine; God
• दैवम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: दैव
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• शरणम्: refuge
• शरणम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: शरण
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• ईयुषी: having approached (as refuge)
• ईयुषी: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: इ
• Form: क्त्वसु (perfect/remote past participial form; 'having gone/approached'), Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• प्रातिष्ठत: set out; departed; proceeded
• प्रातिष्ठत: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्था
• Form: लुङ् (aorist), Parasmaipada, Third, Singular

• सुराहारी: the wine-bearer (one who carries liquor)
• सुराहारी: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुरा-हारी
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• कीचकस्य: of Kīcaka
• कीचकस्य: Sambandha
• Type: Noun
• Root: कीचक
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• निवेशनम्: dwelling; house; residence
• निवेशनम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: निवेशन
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Draupadī
• Kīcaka
• Sūrya (Sun-god)
• surā (liquor)
• pātra (vessel/container)