Shloka 13

Vidurovācā: Śreyas, Mantra, and Conciliation toward the Pāṇḍavas (विदुरोवाच—श्रेयः-मन्त्र-समाधानम्)

Devanagari script

क्रमेण चानेन नराधिपात्मजा वरस्त्रियस्ते जगृहुस्तदा करम्‌ । अहन्यहन्युत्तमरूपधारिणो महारथा: कौरववंशवर्धना:,इसी क्रमसे कौरव-कुलकी वृद्धि करनेवाले, उत्तम शोभा धारण करनेवाले महारथी राजकुमार पाण्डवोंने एक-एक दिन परम सुन्दरी द्रौपदीका पाणिग्रहण किया

Transliteration

krameṇa cānena narādhipātmajā varastriyas te jagṛhus tadā karam | ahany ahany uttamarūpadhāriṇo mahārathāḥ kauravavaṁśavardhanāḥ ||

Translation

Vaiśampāyana sprach: In eben dieser Reihenfolge nahmen jene königlichen Prinzen—große Wagenkämpfer, von vollendeter Schönheit und Mehrer des Kuru-Geschlechts—die Hand jener erhabensten Frau zur Ehe, jeder an einem aufeinanderfolgenden Tag.

Word by Word

क्रमेणin order, sequentially

चand

अनेनby this (means), thus

नराधिप-आत्मजाःdaughters of kings

वर-स्त्रियःexcellent women

तेthey

जगृहुःtook, accepted

तदाthen

करम्hand

अहनिon a day

अहनिday by day (repetition)

उत्तम-रूप-धारिणःbearing excellent beauty/form

महा-रथाःgreat chariot-warriors

कौरव-वंश-वर्धनाःincreasers of the Kuru lineage

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

Pāṇḍavas

Draupadī

Kuru (Kaurava) dynasty/lineage

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?

The verse highlights orderly conduct (krama) and socially sanctioned marriage (pāṇigrahaṇa) as a way to harmonize personal relationships with dharma and dynastic responsibility.

What is happening in the narrative?

After the decision regarding Draupadī’s marriage, the Pāṇḍava princes, described as great warriors and enhancers of the Kuru line, marry her one after another on successive days, each formally taking her hand.