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Shloka 7

याज्ञसेनी-प्रश्नः

Draupadī’s Question in the Assembly

विदितं मे महाप्राज्ञ भोजेष्वेवासमठ्जसम्‌ । पुत्रं संत्यक्तवान्‌ पूर्व पौराणां हितकाम्यया

viditaṁ me mahāprājña bhojeṣv evāsam aṭjasam | putraṁ saṁtyaktavān pūrvaṁ paurāṇāṁ hitakāmyayā ||

قال فيدورا: «يا ذا الحكمة العظمى، قد بلغني أنه كان في البُهوجا قديماً ملكٌ، رغبةً في صلاح أهل المدينة، قد نبذ من قبل ابنه الذي سلك طريقاً غير قويم. فقد قدّم خير الجماعة على علائق الهوى والقرابة.»

विदितम्known
विदितम्:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootविदित (√विद्)
FormNeuter, Nominative, Singular
मेto me
मे:
Sampradana
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद्
FormDative, Singular
महाप्राज्ञO very wise one
महाप्राज्ञ:
TypeAdjective
Rootमहाप्राज्ञ
FormMasculine, Vocative, Singular
भोजेषुamong the Bhojas
भोजेषु:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootभोज
FormMasculine, Locative, Plural
एवindeed/just
एव:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootएव
आसीत्there was
आसीत्:
TypeVerb
Root√अस्
FormImperfect, 3rd, Singular
अठ्जसम्proper name/epithet (uncertain reading)
अठ्जसम्:
TypeNoun
Rootअठ्जस (uncertain)
FormMasculine, Accusative, Singular
पुत्रम्son
पुत्रम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootपुत्र
FormMasculine, Accusative, Singular
सन्त्यक्तवान्having abandoned / abandoned
सन्त्यक्तवान्:
TypeVerb
Rootसन्त्यक्तवत् (सम्+√त्यज्)
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
पूर्वम्formerly
पूर्वम्:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootपूर्व
पौराणाम्of the townspeople/citizens
पौराणाम्:
TypeNoun
Rootपौर
FormMasculine, Genitive, Plural
हितकाम्ययाwith the desire for welfare
हितकाम्यया:
Karana
TypeNoun
Rootहितकाम्य
FormFeminine, Instrumental, Singular

विदुर उवाच

V
Vidura
M
Mahāprājña (addressee)
B
Bhojas
A
a Bhoja king
T
the king's son
P
paurāḥ (citizens/townspeople)

Educational Q&A

A ruler must prioritize dharma and the welfare of the people over personal attachment; even one’s own child may be set aside if he endangers public good and moral order.

Vidura cites an earlier example from the Bhojas: a king, seeking the citizens’ welfare, abandoned his wayward son. The example functions as moral counsel about impartial governance and difficult ethical choices.