Shloka 4

Devanagari script

गौर्गौरिति पुरा मन्द द्रौपदीमेकवाससम्‌ | यत्‌ सभायां हसन्नस्मांस्तदा वदसि दुर्मते

Transliteration

gaur gaur iti purā manda draupadīm ekavāsasam | yat sabhāyāṁ hasann asmāṁs tadā vadasi durmate ||

Translation

“হে মূঢ়! পূর্বে রাজসভায় দ্রৌপদী একবস্ত্রে দাঁড়িয়ে থাকাকালে তুমি ‘গৌ, গৌ’ বলে হাসতে হাসতে আমাদের বিদ্রূপ করেছিলে; সেই তোমার নিষ্ঠুরতা ও কুটিল বুদ্ধিই আজ কথা বলছে।”

Word by Word

गौःa cow

इतिthus/so (quotative)

पुराformerly/once

मन्दO dull one

द्रौपदीम्Draupadi

एकवाससम्wearing a single garment

यत्which/that (fact that)

सभायाम्in the assembly hall

हसन्laughing

अस्मान्us

तदाthen/at that time

वदसिyou say/speak

दुर्मतेO evil-minded one

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Sanjaya

Draupadi

sabhā (royal assembly hall)

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?

Mocking the vulnerable and violating dignity in public is a grave adharma; such cruelty reveals a corrupted mind and becomes a moral cause for later downfall and suffering.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sanjaya recalls an earlier incident in the royal assembly where Draupadī was insulted and mocked; he uses that memory to condemn the addressee’s character, linking present speech and fate to past wrongdoing.