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Shloka 5

Draupadī’s Lament and Theodicy: Dharma, Dice, and Īśvara’s Governance (Āraṇyaka-parva 31)

धर्म एव मन: कृष्णे स्वभावाच्चैव मे धृतम्‌ । धर्मवाणिज्यको हीनो जघन्यो धर्मवादिनाम्‌,सुश्रोणि! मैं धर्मका फल पानेके लोभसे धर्मका आचरण नहीं करता, अपितु साधु पुरुषोंके आचार-व्यवहारको देखकर शास्त्रीय मर्यादाका उल्लंघन न करके स्वभावसे ही मेरा मन धर्मपालनमें लगा है। द्रौपदी! जो मनुष्य कुछ पानेकी इच्छासे धर्मका व्यापार करता है, वह धर्मवादी पुरुषोंकी दृष्टिमें हीन और निन्दनीय है

yudhiṣṭhira uvāca | dharma eva manaḥ kṛṣṇe svabhāvāccaiva me dhṛtam | dharmavāṇijyako hīno jaghanyo dharmavādinām ||

قال يودهِشْثيرا: «يا كِرِشْنا (دراوبدي)، إنّ قلبي مشدودٌ إلى الدَّرْمَا بطبيعته. لا أعمل بالاستقامة طمعًا في ثوابها؛ بل إذ أرى سيرة الأخيار، ومن غير أن أتجاوز حدود الشاسترا، أبقى مواظبًا على الدَّرْمَا. أمّا من يجعل الدَّرْمَا تجارة—يمارسها ليظفر بشيء—فإنّ أهل القول في الدَّرْمَا يعدّونه دنيئًا ممقوتًا».

धर्मःdharma, righteousness
धर्मः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootधर्म
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
एवindeed, only
एव:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootएव
मनःmind
मनः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootमनस्
FormNeuter, Nominative, Singular
कृष्णेin/with regard to Krishna
कृष्णे:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootकृष्ण
FormMasculine, Locative, Singular
स्वभावात्from (my) nature, naturally
स्वभावात्:
Apadana
TypeNoun
Rootस्वभाव
FormMasculine, Ablative, Singular
and
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
एवindeed
एव:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootएव
मेof me, my
मे:
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद्
FormGenitive, Singular
धृतम्held, fixed, established
धृतम्:
TypeVerb
Rootधृ
FormNeuter, Nominative, Singular, Past passive participle (क्त)
धर्मdharma
धर्म:
TypeNoun
Rootधर्म
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
वाणिज्यकःcommercial, trading (as a business)
वाणिज्यकः:
TypeAdjective
Rootवाणिज्यक
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
हीनःinferior, base
हीनः:
TypeAdjective
Rootहीन
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
जघन्यःmost contemptible, vile
जघन्यः:
TypeAdjective
Rootजघन्य
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
धर्मवादिनाम्of those who speak of dharma / moralists
धर्मवादिनाम्:
TypeNoun
Rootधर्मवादिन्
FormMasculine, Genitive, Plural
सुश्रोणिO fair-hipped lady (Draupadi)
सुश्रोणि:
TypeNoun
Rootसुश्रोणि
FormFeminine, Vocative, Singular

युधिछिर उवाच

Y
Yudhiṣṭhira
K
Kṛṣṇā (Draupadī)
D
dharma

Educational Q&A

Dharma should be practiced from inner conviction and respect for śāstric limits, not as a means to obtain rewards. Treating virtue as a transaction (dharmavāṇijya) is condemned as morally inferior.

In the forest-exile setting, Yudhiṣṭhira responds to Draupadī (addressed as Kṛṣṇā), explaining his steadfast commitment to dharma and rejecting the idea of performing righteousness for personal gain.