Shloka 12

Kīcaka-vadha-pratisaṃjñā: Rumor in Matsya and the Kaurava Scouts’ Report (कीचकवध-प्रतिसंज्ञा)

Devanagari script

त्रासितेव मृगी बाला शार्टूलेन मनस्विनी । गात्राणि वाससी चैव प्रक्षाल्य सलिलेन सा

Transliteration

trāsitevā mṛgī bālā śārṭūlena manasvinī | gātrāṇi vāsasī caiva prakṣālya salilena sā |

Translation

Vaiśampāyana nói: Tâu Đại vương, như nai tơ hoảng sợ trước hổ dữ, thiếu nữ kiên cường ấy—sau khi thoát nạn—đã dùng nước rửa sạch thân thể và y phục, rồi hướng về thành mà đi.

Word by Word

• त्रासिता: frightened
• त्रासिता: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: त्रासित (√त्रस्)
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• इव: like/as
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इव

• मृगी: doe (female deer)
• मृगी: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: मृगी
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• बाला: young girl
• बाला: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: बाला
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• शार्दूलेन: by/with a tiger
• शार्दूलेन: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: शार्दूल
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• मनस्विनी: high-spirited, resolute
• मनस्विनी: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मनस्विनी
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• गात्राणि: limbs, body-parts
• गात्राणि: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: गात्र
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Plural

• वाससी: two garments/clothes
• वाससी: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: वस् (वासस्)
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Dual

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• एव: indeed/just
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव

• प्रक्षाल्य: having washed
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-√क्षल्
• Form: Absolutive (Gerund), Parasmaipada/Atmanepada-neutral

• सलिलेन: with water
• सलिलेन: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: सलिल
• Form: Neuter, Instrumental, Singular

• सा: she
• सा: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद् (सः/सा/तत्)
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• King (Janamejaya, implied addressee)
• the maiden (Draupadī, implied by context)
• city (nagara, implied)
• tiger
• doe

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights the ethical duty to restore safety and dignity to someone who has been threatened or violated; once fear is removed, purification and composure follow, and the vulnerable person can re-enter society with agency.

What is happening in the narrative?

After being released from danger (as the surrounding prose context indicates), the young woman washes her body and garments with water and then proceeds toward the city, still shaken—likened to a doe frightened by a tiger.