Shloka 11

Śikhaṇḍī-janma-nigūḍha-vṛtta (The concealed birth-account of Śikhaṇḍī) | शिखण्डी-जन्म-निगूढ-वृत्त

Devanagari script

भीष्म उवाच स हि प्रकृत्या वै भीतः किल्विषी च नराधिप: । भयं तीव्रमनुप्राप्तो द्रपद: पृथिवीपति:,भीष्म कहते हैं--राजा द्रुपद उन दिनों स्वभावसे ही भीरु थे। फिर उनके द्वारा अपराध भी बन गया था। अतः उन्होंने बड़े भारी भयका अनुभव किया

Transliteration

bhīṣma uvāca | sa hi prakṛtyā vai bhītaḥ kilviṣī ca narādhipaḥ | bhayaṃ tīvram anuprāpto drupadaḥ pṛthivīpatiḥ ||

Translation

Бхишма сказал: Ибо тот царь был по природе робок и к тому же навлёк на себя проступок. Потому Друпаду, владыку земли, охватил страх великий и острый.

Word by Word

भीष्मःBhishma

उवाचsaid

सःhe

हिindeed/for

प्रकृत्याby nature

वैindeed (emphatic particle)

भीतःafraid

किल्विषीsinful/guilty (one who has committed an offence)

चand

नराधिपःking (lord of men)

भयम्fear

तीव्रम्intense

अनुप्राप्तःhaving come upon/overcome (having reached the state of)

द्रुपदःDrupada

पृथिवीपतिःlord of the earth/king

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

Bhishma

Drupada

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Fear is intensified when a person is already timid by temperament and is further burdened by wrongdoing; ethical lapse (kilviṣa) breeds inner insecurity and anticipation of consequences.

What is happening in the narrative?

Bhishma characterizes Drupada as naturally fearful and additionally guilty of an offense; as a result, Drupada is described as being overtaken by severe fear, setting the emotional and moral backdrop for the unfolding political conflict.