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Shloka 7

गूढपाण्डवदर्शनम् — The Hidden Pāṇḍavas and Kṛṣṇa’s Visit

यज्ञसेनस्य दुहिता द्रुपदस्य महात्मन: । वेदीमध्यात्‌ समुत्पन्ना पद्मपत्रनिभेक्षणा,यज्ञसेन नामवाले महाराज ट्रुपदके एक पुत्री है, जो यज्ञकी वेदीसे प्रकट हुई है। उसके नेत्र विकसित कमलदलके समान सुन्दर हैं

yajñasenasya duhitā drupadasya mahātmanaḥ | vedīmadhyāt samutpannā padmapatranibhekṣaṇā ||

Yudhiṣṭhira sprach: „König Drupada, der Großgesinnte, hat eine Tochter namens (Draupadī), die aus der Mitte des Opferaltars hervorging. Ihre Augen sind schön wie voll erblühte Lotusblätter.“

यज्ञसेनस्यof Yajñasena
यज्ञसेनस्य:
Sambandha
TypeNoun
Rootयज्ञसेन
FormMasculine, Genitive, Singular
दुहिताdaughter
दुहिता:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootदुहितृ
FormFeminine, Nominative, Singular
द्रुपदस्यof Drupada
द्रुपदस्य:
Sambandha
TypeNoun
Rootद्रुपद
FormMasculine, Genitive, Singular
महात्मनःof the great-souled (one)
महात्मनः:
Sambandha
TypeAdjective
Rootमहात्मन्
FormMasculine, Genitive, Singular
वेदीof the altar
वेदी:
Sambandha
TypeNoun
Rootवेदी
FormFeminine, Genitive, Singular
मध्यात्from the middle
मध्यात्:
Apadana
TypeNoun
Rootमध्य
FormMasculine/Neuter, Ablative, Singular
समुत्पन्नाarisen, produced
समुत्पन्ना:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootसम्-उत्-पद्
FormFeminine, Nominative, Singular, क्त (past passive participle)
पद्मपत्रwith lotus-petal (as comparison-base)
पद्मपत्र:
Karana
TypeNoun
Rootपद्मपत्र
FormNeuter, Instrumental, Singular
निभेक्षणाhaving eyes like (lotus-petals)
निभेक्षणा:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootनिभ-ईक्षण
FormFeminine, Nominative, Singular

युधिछिर उवाच

Y
Yudhiṣṭhira
D
Drupada
Y
Yajñasena
D
Drupada's daughter (Draupadī)
S
sacrificial altar (vedī)

Educational Q&A

The verse highlights the sanctity and social-ethical weight of ritual origins and noble character: a person’s emergence from yajña (sacrifice) signifies a life tied to dharma, public duty, and the larger moral order, not merely private desire.

Yudhiṣṭhira identifies Drupada’s daughter—described as born from the sacrificial altar and lotus-eyed—introducing her extraordinary origin and qualities as part of the account leading toward the Pāṇḍavas’ connection with Drupada’s house.