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Shloka 12

द्रौपदी-वरण-प्रत्ययः — Intelligence Reports and the Kaurava Court’s Response

निःसंशयं क्षत्रियपुड्रवास्ते यथा हि युद्ध कथयन्ति राजन्‌ । आशा हि नो व्यक्तमियं समृद्धा मुक्तान्‌ हि पार्थाज्छूणुमो डग्निदाहात्‌,राजन! जिस प्रकार वे युद्धका वर्णन करते थे, उससे यह मान लेनेमें तनिक भी संदेह नहीं रह जाता कि वे लोग क्षत्रियशिरोमणि हैं। हमने सुना है, कुन्तीके पुत्र लाक्षागृहकी आगमें जलनेसे बच गये हैं। अतः हमारे मनमें जो पाण्डवोंसे सम्बन्ध करनेकी अभिलाषा थी, अवश्य वही सफल हुई जान पड़ती है

niḥsaṁśayaṁ kṣatriya-puṅgavās te yathā hi yuddhaṁ kathayanti rājan | āśā hi no vyaktam iyaṁ samṛddhā muktān hi pārthāc chrūṇumo ’gnidāhāt ||

Dhṛṣṭadyumna sprach: „Kein Zweifel, o König: an der Art, wie sie vom Kampf reden, sind sie gewiss die Vornehmsten unter den Kṣatriyas. Ja, unsere Hoffnung scheint nun sichtbar erfüllt, denn wir haben gehört, dass die Söhne der Pṛthā (Kuntī) — die Pāṇḍavas — dem Brand des Lackhauses entkommen sind. Darum scheint das Verlangen in unseren Herzen, ein Band mit den Pāṇḍavas zu knüpfen, zum Gelingen bestimmt.“

निःसंशयम्undoubtedly
निःसंशयम्:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootनिःसंशय
क्षत्रियपुङ्गवाःforemost among kshatriyas
क्षत्रियपुङ्गवाः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootक्षत्रियपुङ्गव
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural
तेthey
ते:
Karta
TypePronoun
Rootतद्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural
यथाas / in the manner that
यथा:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootयथा
हिindeed
हि:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootहि
युद्धम्battle
युद्धम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootयुद्ध
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular
कथयन्तिthey describe / narrate
कथयन्ति:
TypeVerb
Rootकथय्
FormPresent, Third, Plural, Parasmaipada
राजन्O king
राजन्:
TypeNoun
Rootराजन्
FormMasculine, Vocative, Singular
आशाhope / desire
आशा:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootआशा
FormFeminine, Nominative, Singular
हिindeed
हि:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootहि
नःof us / our
नः:
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद्
FormGenitive, Plural
व्यक्तम्clearly / evident
व्यक्तम्:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootव्यक्त
FormNeuter, Nominative, Singular
इयम्this
इयम्:
Karta
TypePronoun
Rootइदम्
FormFeminine, Nominative, Singular
समृद्धाfulfilled / successful
समृद्धा:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootसमृद्ध
FormFeminine, Nominative, Singular
मुक्तान्saved / freed
मुक्तान्:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootमुक्त
FormMasculine, Accusative, Plural
हिindeed
हि:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootहि
पार्थात्from the son of Pritha (Arjuna) / from Partha
पार्थात्:
Apadana
TypeNoun
Rootपार्थ
FormMasculine, Ablative, Singular
शृणुमःwe hear
शृणुमः:
TypeVerb
Rootश्रु
FormPresent, First, Plural, Parasmaipada
अग्निदाहात्from the burning by fire / from the conflagration
अग्निदाहात्:
Apadana
TypeNoun
Rootअग्निदाह
FormMasculine, Ablative, Singular
राजन्O king
राजन्:
TypeNoun
Rootराजन्
FormMasculine, Vocative, Singular

धृष्टह्ुम्न उवाच

D
Dhṛṣṭadyumna
K
King (rājan)
K
Kṣatriyas
P
Pārthā / Kuntī
P
Pāṇḍavas
L
Lākṣāgṛha (house of lac)
F
Fire (agni)

Educational Q&A

The verse highlights recognition of kṣatriya character through speech and attitude toward battle, and it frames political-ethical alliance-making as grounded in dharma and rightful kinship rather than mere opportunism—hope becomes ‘fulfilled’ when the righteous are preserved from adharma (the lac-house plot).

Dhṛṣṭadyumna addresses a king, stating that the men being discussed must be eminent kṣatriyas based on their account of warfare. He reports the news that Kuntī’s sons, the Pāṇḍavas, have escaped the burning of the lac-house, and he interprets this as a sign that their wish to establish relations/alliance with the Pāṇḍavas will succeed.