Shloka 4

Devanagari script

ददृशुस्ते ततः कृष्णां सूतपुत्रा: समागता: । अदूराच्चानवद्याड़ीं स्तम्भमालिड़य तिष्ठतीम्‌,इसी समय वहाँ आये हुए सूतपुत्रोंने देखा, निर्दोष अंगोंवाली द्रौपदी थोड़ी ही दूरपर एक खंभेका सहारा लिये खड़ी है

Transliteration

dadṛśus te tataḥ kṛṣṇāṃ sūtaputrāḥ samāgatāḥ | adūrāc cānavadyāṅgīṃ stambham āliḍya tiṣṭhatīm ||

Translation

قال فايشامبايانا: ثم إن أولئك الرجال المولودين في طائفة السوتا (Sūta) وقد اجتمعوا هناك، أبصروا كريشنا (دراوبدي). وعلى مقربة، كانت السيدة الطاهرة الأعضاء تقف مستندةً إلى عمود.

Word by Word

ददृशुःsaw

तेthey

ततःthen/from there

कृष्णाम्Krishna (Draupadi)

सूतपुत्राःsons of a charioteer

समागताःassembled/arrived

अदूरात्from not far away/nearby

चand

अनवद्याङ्गीम्she whose limbs are faultless

स्तम्भम्pillar

आलिड्यhaving embraced/leaned on

तिष्ठतीम्standing

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

Kṛṣṇā (Draupadī)

sūtaputrāḥ (Sūta-born men)

stambha (pillar)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse underscores the ethical contrast between a blameless woman and the gaze/approach of men whose conduct is about to test social and moral boundaries; it implicitly invokes dharma regarding restraint, respect, and protection of the vulnerable.

What is happening in the narrative?

A group of sūta-born men arrive and notice Draupadī (called Kṛṣṇā) standing nearby, leaning against a pillar—setting the stage for the ensuing confrontation and the moral stakes of how she will be treated.