Shloka 26

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

Devanagari script

तत:ः शिखण्डी तत्‌ सर्वमखिलेन न्यवेदयत्‌ | तस्मै यक्षप्रधानाय स्थूणाकर्णाय भारत,भरतनन्दन! तब शिखण्डिनीने उस यक्षप्रवर स्थूणाकर्णसे अपना सारा वृत्तान्त विस्तारपूर्वक बताया

Transliteration

tataḥ śikhaṇḍī tat sarvam akhilena nyavedayat | tasmai yakṣapradhānāya sthūṇākarṇāya bhārata bharatanandana ||

Translation

毗湿摩说道：于是，尸迦ṇḍī将一切经过详尽无遗地禀告那位最尊贵的夜叉首领——柱耳（Sthūṇākarṇa）。噢婆罗多啊，婆罗多族之荣光。

Word by Word

• ततः: then, thereafter
• ततः: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (तद्-प्रातिपदिकात् अव्यय)
• Form: Avyaya

• शिखण्डी: Shikhaṇḍī
• शिखण्डी: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: शिखण्डिन्
• Form: Masculine, nominative, singular

• तत्: that
• तत्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Neuter, accusative, singular

• सर्वम्: all
• सर्वम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व
• Form: Neuter, accusative, singular

• अखिलेन: completely, in full
• अखिलेन: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अखिल
• Form: Neuter, instrumental, singular

• न्यवेदयत्: informed, reported
• Type: Verb
• Root: नि + √विद् (वेदयति)
• Form: Imperfect (लङ्), parasmaipada, 3rd person, singular

• तस्मै: to him
• तस्मै: Sampradana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, dative, singular

• यक्षप्रधानाय: to the chief of the Yakṣas
• यक्षप्रधानाय: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: यक्षप्रधान
• Form: Masculine, dative, singular

• स्थूणाकर्णाय: to Sthūṇākarṇa
• स्थूणाकर्णाय: Sampradana
• Type: ProperNoun
• Root: स्थूणाकर्ण
• Form: Masculine, dative, singular

• भारत: O Bhārata
• Type: Noun
• Root: भारत
• Form: Masculine, vocative, singular

• भरतनन्दन: O descendant/delight of Bharata
• Type: Noun
• Root: भरतनन्दन
• Form: Masculine, vocative, singular

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhīṣma
• Śikhaṇḍī
• Sthūṇākarṇa
• Yakṣa

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights the dharmic value of complete and truthful disclosure when seeking aid or judgment. By narrating the matter fully to a powerful being, the speaker models restraint and reliance on proper counsel rather than impulsive retaliation.

What is happening in the narrative?

Bhīṣma narrates that Śikhaṇḍī (Śikhaṇḍinī in the backstory) approached the Yakṣa leader Sthūṇākarṇa and recounted the entire situation in detail, setting up the subsequent intervention connected with Śikhaṇḍī’s transformation and role in later events.