Shloka 22

Śikhaṇḍinī’s Marriage Arrangement and the Daśārṇa Envoy’s Accusation (शिखण्डिनी-विवाह-विप्रलम्भ-प्रसङ्गः)

Devanagari script

तत्‌ प्रविश्य शिखण्डी सा द्रुपदस्यात्मजा नृप । अनश्षाना बहुतिथं शरीरमुदशोषयत्‌

Transliteration

tat praviśya śikhaṇḍī sā drupadasyātmajā nṛpa | anaśnānā bahutithaṁ śarīram udaśoṣayat ||

Translation

بھیشم نے کہا—اے نَرپ، وہاں داخل ہو کر دْرُپَد کی اولاد شِکھنڈی کئی دن تک بغیر کھائے رہی اور اپنے جسم کو نہایت لاغر کر لیا۔

Word by Word

• तत्: that (place/there)
• तत्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• प्रविश्य: having entered
• प्रविश्य: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-विश्
• Form: क्त्वा (absolutive/gerund), Parasmaipada (usage)

• शिखण्डी: Shikhandi
• शिखण्डी: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: शिखण्डिन्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

• द्रुपदस्य: of Drupada
• द्रुपदस्य: Sambandha
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्रुपद
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• आत्मजा: daughter/offspring
• आत्मजा: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: आत्मज
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• नृप: O king
• नृप: Sambodhana
• Type: Noun
• Root: नृप
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• अनश्नाना: not eating, fasting
• अनश्नाना: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: न-अश्
• Form: शानच् (present active participle), Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• बहु: much, many
• बहु: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: बहु
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• तिथम्: a long time/for many days
• तिथम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: तिथ
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• शरीरम्: body
• शरीरम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: शरीर
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• उदशोषयत्: dried up, emaciated
• उदशोषयत्: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: उद्-शुष्
• Form: Imperfect (लङ्), Parasmaipada, Third, Singular

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhīṣma
• Śikhaṇḍī
• Drupada
• nṛpa (the king addressed)