Shloka 7
याज्ञसेनी-प्रश्नः
Draupadī’s Question in the Assembly
Devanagari script
विदितं मे महाप्राज्ञ भोजेष्वेवासमठ्जसम् । पुत्रं संत्यक्तवान् पूर्व पौराणां हितकाम्यया
Transliteration
viditaṁ me mahāprājña bhojeṣv evāsam aṭjasam | putraṁ saṁtyaktavān pūrvaṁ paurāṇāṁ hitakāmyayā ||
Translation
হে মহাপ্রাজ্ঞ! আমার জানা আছে—ভোজদের মধ্যে এক কালে এক রাজা নগরবাসীর মঙ্গল কামনায় কুপথগামী নিজের পুত্রকে পরিত্যাগ করেছিলেন।
Word by Word
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
Speaker
विदुर उवाच
Characters & Entities
V
ViduraM
Mahāprājña (addressee)B
BhojasA
a Bhoja kingT
the king's sonP
paurāḥ (citizens/townspeople)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
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.