Shloka 15

Parāśara’s Birth, Vasiṣṭha as Guardian, and the Bhṛgu–Kṣatriya Violence Etiology (Ādi-parva 169)

Devanagari script

निर्दिष्टा भवतां पत्नी कृष्णा पार्षत्यनिन्दिता । पाञउ्चालनगरे तस्मान्निवसध्व॑ महाबला: । सुखिनस्तामनुप्राप्य भविष्यथ न संशय:,वह महाराज पृषतकी पौत्री सती-साध्वी कृष्णा तुमलोगोंकी पत्नी नियत की गयी है; अतः महाबली वीरो! अब तुम पंचालनगरमें जाकर रहो। द्रौपदीको पाकर तुम सब लोग सुखी होओगे, इसमें संशय नहीं है

Transliteration

nirdiṣṭā bhavatāṁ patnī kṛṣṇā pārṣaty-aninditā | pāñcālanagare tasmān nivasa-dhvaṁ mahābalāḥ | sukhinas tām anuprāpya bhaviṣyatha na saṁśayaḥ ||

Translation

Vyāsa sprach: „Kṛṣṇā (Draupadī), die untadelige Tochter des Pārṣata (Drupada), ist euch zur Gattin bestimmt worden. Darum, o Helden von großer Kraft, geht und wohnt in der Stadt der Pāñcālas. Habt ihr sie erlangt, werdet ihr in Glück leben — daran besteht kein Zweifel.“

Word by Word

• {'nirdiṣṭā': 'designated, appointed, ordained', 'bhavatām': 'of you (plural, respectful)', 'patnī': 'wife', 'kṛṣṇā': 'Kṛṣṇā, i.e., Draupadī', 'pārṣaty': 'daughter/descendant of Pārṣata (Drupada)', 'aninditā': 'blameless, irreproachable', 'pāñcāla-nagare': 'in the city of the Pāñcālas (Pañcāla capital)', 'tasmāt': 'therefore, hence', 'nivasa-dhvam': 'dwell, reside (imperative, 2nd person plural)', 'mahābalāḥ': 'O mighty/strong ones (vocative plural)', 'sukhinaḥ': 'happy, prosperous', 'tām': 'her', 'anuprāpya': 'having obtained, having reached', 'bhaviṣyatha': 'you will be (future, 2nd person plural)', 'na saṁśayaḥ': 'no doubt'}

Speaker

व्यास उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vyāsa
• Kṛṣṇā (Draupadī)
• Pārṣata/Drupada
• Pāṇḍavas (implied addressees)
• Pāñcāla
• Pāñcālanagara

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse frames the marriage as divinely/authoritatively ordained and emphasizes social-ethical legitimacy (aninditā, “blameless”), offering assurance that rightful alignment with dharma and proper alliance will lead to well-being.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vyāsa addresses the Pāṇḍavas, declaring that Draupadī has been designated as their wife and instructing them to reside in the Pāñcāla capital, promising that they will be happy after gaining her.