Shloka 35

Devanagari script

त॑ गृहीत्वा ततो राजा शिरस्येवाकरोत्‌ तदा । गुरोरुच्छिष्टमित्येव द्रौपद्या वचनादपि,तब राजा युधिष्ठिरने वह मणि लेकर द्रौपदीके कथनानुसार उसे अपने मस्तकपर ही धारण कर लिया। उन्होंने उस मणिको गुरुका प्रसाद ही समझा

Transliteration

taṁ gṛhītvā tato rājā śirasy evākarot tadā | guror ucchiṣṭam ity eva draupadyā vacanād api ||

Translation

Da nahm der König das Juwel und setzte es sogleich auf sein eigenes Haupt. Selbst auf Draupadīs Drängen betrachtete er es als einen Rest der Gnade des Guru—nicht als Kriegstrophäe, sondern als geheiligte Gabe, die man in Demut und Zucht zu tragen hat.

Word by Word

ताम्that (jewel/her), it

गृहीत्वाhaving taken

ततःthen, thereafter

राजाthe king

शिरसिon (his) head

एवindeed, just

अकरोत्placed/did (made it be)

तदाat that time

गुरोःof the teacher

उच्छिष्टम्leftover; (here) leavings/prasāda

इतिthus

एवindeed, just

द्रौपद्याःof Draupadī

वचनात्from the words; due to the statement

अपिalso, even

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

Yudhiṣṭhira

Draupadī

maṇi (jewel)

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?

Even amid the spoils and bitterness following violence, one should restrain pride and reframe possession through dharma—treating what comes to one not as a cause for vanity, but as a responsibility received with humility and reverence (here expressed as ‘guru’s prasāda/ucchiṣṭa’).

What is happening in the narrative?

After the events of the Sauptika episode, the king (Yudhiṣṭhira) takes the jewel and, following Draupadī’s words, places it on his head, interpreting it as a sanctified remainder of the guru rather than a mere war-acquired ornament.