Shloka 27

Adhyaya 11 — Draupadī’s Grief, Demand for Justice, and Bhīma’s Departure

Devanagari script

तस्या बहुविध॑ दुःखातन्निशम्य परिदेवितम्‌

Transliteration

tasyā bahuvidha-duḥkhāt tan niśamya paridevitam

Translation

Vaiśampāyana nói: Nghe tiếng than khóc của nàng—phát sinh từ muôn nỗi sầu khổ—chàng thấu nhận trọn vẹn sức nặng của niềm bi thống ấy.

Word by Word

• तस्याः: of her
• तस्याः: सम्बन्ध
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, एकवचन

• बहुविधम्: manifold, of many kinds
• बहुविधम्: कर्म
• Type: Adjective
• Root: बहुविध (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• दुःखात्: from sorrow, from grief
• दुःखात्: अपादान
• Type: Noun
• Root: दुःख (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी, एकवचन

• तत्: that (i.e., that lamentation)
• तत्: कर्म
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• निशम्य: having heard, after hearing
• Type: Verb
• Root: नि-शम् (धातु)
• Form: ल्यप् (क्त्वा-प्रत्ययार्थक अव्यय), कर्तरि

• परिदेवितम्: lamentation, wailing
• परिदेवितम्: कर्म
• Type: Noun
• Root: परि-देव् (धातु) / परिदेवित (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन, क्त (भूतकर्मणि/भावे)

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• an unnamed woman (tasyāḥ)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights the ethical reality that violence leaves layered, manifold suffering; recognizing and truly hearing another’s lament is itself a moral moment, calling for compassion and responsibility in the wake of wrongdoing.

What is happening in the narrative?

The narrator reports that someone hears a woman’s intense lamentation arising from many kinds of grief, marking a transition into or emphasis on the emotional fallout following the night’s atrocities in the Sauptika episode.