Shloka 18

अध्याय १५ — कीचकस्य अत्याचारः, द्रौपद्याः सभाशरणगमनम्

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

Devanagari script

सैरन्ध्युवाच यथाहमन्यं भर्तृभ्यो नाभिजानामि कंचन । तेन सत्येन मां प्राप्तां मा कुर्यात्‌ कीचको वशे,सैरन्ध्रीने कहा--भगवन्‌! यदि मैं अपने पतियोंके सिवा दूसरे किसी पुरुषको मनमें नहीं लाती, तो इस सत्यके प्रभावसे कीचक अपने घरमें आयी हुई मुझ अबलाको अपने वशमें न कर सके

Transliteration

Sairandhrī uvāca: yathāham anyaṃ bhartṛbhyo nābhijānāmi kañcana | tena satyena māṃ prāptāṃ mā kuryāt Kīcako vaśe ||

Translation

Wika ni Sairandhrī: “Kung paanong wala akong kinikilalang ibang lalaki kundi ang aking mga asawa, sa kapangyarihan ng katotohanang iyon, nawa’y hindi ako mapasailalim ni Kīcaka—ako na naparito—sa kanyang paghahari.”

Word by Word

• सैरन्ध्युवाच: Sairandhrī said
• सैरन्ध्युवाच: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: सैरन्ध्री + उवाच
• Form: Perfect (लिट्), 3, Singular

• यथा: as / in such a way that
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा

• अहम्: I
• अहम्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: अहम्
• Form: Common, Nominative, Singular

• अन्यम्: another (man)
• अन्यम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अन्य
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• भर्तृभ्यः: than (my) husbands / apart from husbands
• भर्तृभ्यः: Apadana
• Type: Noun
• Root: भर्तृ
• Form: Masculine, Ablative, Plural

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

• अभिजानामि: I acknowledge/know (as husband)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ज्ञा (अभि-)
• Form: Present (लट्), 1, Singular

• कञ्चन: anyone (at all)
• कञ्चन: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: क (कश्चन)
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• तेन: by that
• तेन: Karana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Neuter, Instrumental, Singular

• सत्येन: by (this) truth
• सत्येन: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: सत्य
• Form: Neuter, Instrumental, Singular

• माम्: me
• माम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: Common, Accusative, Singular

• प्राप्ताम्: having come / arrived
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-आप् (प्राप्त)
• Form: Past passive participle (क्त), Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• मा: do not
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: मा

• कुर्यात्: should do / may he make
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ
• Form: Optative (विधिलिङ्), 3, Singular

• कीचकः: Kīcaka
• कीचकः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: कीचक
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• वशे: under control / in subjection
• वशे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: वश
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sairandhrī (Draupadī in disguise)
• Kīcaka
• the husbands (the Pāṇḍavas, implied)