Shloka 27

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

Devanagari script

आगम: क्रियतां व्यक्त: कुमारोडयं सुतो मम । मिथ्यैतदुक्तं केनापि तदश्रद्धेयमित्युत

Transliteration

āgamaḥ kriyatāṁ vyaktaḥ kumāro ’yaṁ suto mama | mithyaitad uktaṁ kenāpi tad aśraddheyam ity uta ||

Translation

‘அரசே! நீங்களே வந்து தெளிவாகச் சோதித்து அறியுங்கள். இவன் என் மகன்—இளையவன்; கன்னி அல்ல. யாரோ பொய்யாக இவன் பெண் என்று கூறியுள்ளனர்; அது நம்பத்தகாத செய்தி.’

Word by Word

• आगमः: coming/arrival
• आगमः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: आगम
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• क्रियताम्: let it be done / may it be made
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ
• Form: Imperative (Vidhi-lin), Passive, Third, Singular

• व्यक्तः: clear, manifest
• व्यक्तः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: व्यक्त
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• कुमारः: boy, young prince
• कुमारः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: कुमार
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• अयम्: this
• अयम्: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• सुतः: son
• सुतः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुत
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

• मिथ्या: falsely
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: मिथ्या

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

• उक्तम्: said, spoken
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच्
• Form: Past passive participle (क्त), Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• केन: by whom, by someone
• केन: Karana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: किम्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Instrumental, Singular

• अपि: even, indeed, somehow
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि

• तत्: that
• तत्: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• अश्रद्धेयम्: not to be believed, untrustworthy
• अश्रद्धेयम्: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अश्रद्धेय
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

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

• उत: and/also (emphatic particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: उत

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhīṣma
• rājan (the king addressed)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Bhīṣma emphasizes ethical discernment: do not accept hearsay as truth. A responsible ruler should seek direct verification (pratyakṣa/parīkṣā) before forming judgments that affect honor, lineage, or political decisions.

What is happening in the narrative?

Bhīṣma addresses a king and challenges a circulating claim about his child’s gender. He invites the king to come and examine the matter openly, asserting that the report of the child being a girl is a falsehood and should not be trusted.