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Shloka 9

पुनर्द्यूत-समाह्वानम्

Renewed Summons to the Dice-Game and Exile Wager

वैशम्पायन उवाच सभां गत्वा स चोवाच द्रौपद्यास्तद्‌ वचस्तदा । युधिष्ठिरं नरेन्द्राणां मध्ये स्थितमिदं वच:,वैशम्पायनजी कहते हैं--जनमेजय! प्रातिकामीने सभामें जाकर राजाओंके बीचमें बैठे हुए युधिष्ठिरसे द्रौधदीकी वह बात कह सुनायी। उसने कहा--'द्रौपदी आपसे पूछना चाहती है कि किस-किस वस्तुके स्वामी रहते हुए आप मुझे हारे हैं? आप पहले अपनेको हारे हैं या मुझे?”

vaiśampāyana uvāca | sabhāṃ gatvā sa covāca draupadyās tad vacas tadā | yudhiṣṭhiraṃ narendrāṇāṃ madhye sthitam idaṃ vacaḥ |

Vaiśampāyana sprach: Da ging er in die königliche Versammlung und überbrachte, vor Yudhiṣṭhira stehend, der inmitten der versammelten Könige saß, Draupadīs Botschaft: „Draupadī fragt dich: Als Herr über welche Güter hast du mich verloren? Hast du zuerst dich selbst verloren, oder hast du zuerst mich verloren?“

वैशम्पायनःVaiśampāyana
वैशम्पायनः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootवैशम्पायन
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
उवाचsaid
उवाच:
TypeVerb
Rootवच्
FormPerfect, 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada
सभाम्assembly hall
सभाम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootसभा
FormFeminine, Accusative, Singular
गत्वाhaving gone
गत्वा:
TypeVerb
Rootगम्
FormAbsolutive (Gerund), त्वा
सःhe
सः:
Karta
TypePronoun
Rootतद्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
and
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
उवाचsaid
उवाच:
TypeVerb
Rootवच्
FormPerfect, 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada
द्रौपद्याःof Draupadī
द्रौपद्याः:
TypeNoun
Rootद्रौपदी
FormFeminine, Genitive, Singular
तत्that
तत्:
Karma
TypePronoun
Rootतद्
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular
वचःspeech/words
वचः:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootवचस्
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular
तदाthen
तदा:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतदा
युधिष्ठिरम्Yudhiṣṭhira
युधिष्ठिरम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootयुधिष्ठिर
FormMasculine, Accusative, Singular
नरेन्द्राणाम्of kings (lord of men)
नरेन्द्राणाम्:
TypeNoun
Rootनरेन्द्र
FormMasculine, Genitive, Plural
मध्येin the midst
मध्ये:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootमध्य
FormNeuter, Locative, Singular
स्थितम्standing/situated
स्थितम्:
TypeVerb
Rootस्था
FormPast Passive Participle, Masculine, Accusative, Singular
इदम्this
इदम्:
Karma
TypePronoun
Rootइदम्
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular
वचःspeech/words
वचः:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootवचस्
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular

वैशम्पायन उवाच

V
Vaiśampāyana
Y
Yudhiṣṭhira
D
Draupadī
S
Sabhā (royal assembly hall)
N
Narendra (kings, as an assembled group)

Educational Q&A

The verse foregrounds a dharma-based inquiry into moral and legal authority: if a person has already lost his own autonomy, he cannot ethically claim the right to wager another person. Draupadī’s question forces the assembly to examine whether power, consent, and ownership can be asserted after self-enslavement.

A messenger enters the royal hall and reports Draupadī’s pointed question to Yudhiṣṭhira in front of the gathered kings. Her message challenges the validity of the wager that purportedly made her a stake in the dice game, setting up the public debate on dharma in the sabhā.