Shloka 4

Vāraṇāvata-prasaṃsā and the Pāṇḍavas’ Departure (वरणावत-प्रशंसा तथा पाण्डव-प्रयाणम्)

Devanagari script

हुपद उवाच अकृतेयं तव प्रज्ञा ब्रह्मनू नातिसमञ्जसा । यन्मां ब्रवीषि प्रसभं॑ सखा ते5हमिति द्विज,द्रपदने कहा--ब्रह्मन! तुम्हारी बुद्धि सर्वथा संस्कारशून्य--अपरिपक्व है। तुम्हारी यह बुद्धि यथार्थ नहीं है। तभी तो तुम धृष्टतापूर्वक मुझसे कह रहे हो कि “राजन! मैं तुम्हारा सखा हूँ

Transliteration

hupada uvāca | akṛteyaṃ tava prajñā brahmanū nātisamañjasā | yan māṃ bravīṣi prasabhaṃ sakhā te ’ham iti dvija ||

Translation

Drupada sprach: „O Brahmane, dein Verständnis ist ungeschliffen und nicht recht auf das Angemessene ausgerichtet. Darum redest du mich so kühn an und sagst: ‚Ich bin dein Freund‘, o Zweimalgeborener.“

Word by Word

हुपदःHupada (proper name)

उवाचsaid

अकृताunformed, uncultivated

इयम्this

तवof you, your

प्रज्ञाintelligence, understanding

ब्रह्मन्O brahmin

नnot

अति-समञ्जसाvery proper/right (here: not very proper)

यत्that which

माम्me

ब्रवीषिyou say, you speak

प्रसभम्boldly, forcibly, presumptuously

सखाfriend

तेof you, your

अहम्I

इतिthus, saying

द्विजO twice-born (brahmin)

Speaker

हुपद उवाच

Characters & Entities

ह

हुपद (Hupada)

ब

ब्राह्मण (addressed as brahman)

द

द्विज (twice-born person, addressed)

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights ethical restraint in speech and the importance of cultivated discernment (prajñā). Claiming intimacy or equality (“I am your friend”) without proper basis is portrayed as impropriety arising from an unrefined understanding.

What is happening in the narrative?

Hupada rebukes a Brahmin who addresses him with undue familiarity. He interprets the Brahmin’s bold claim of friendship as evidence of immature judgment and a failure to observe what is socially and morally fitting.