Shloka 15

Draupadī’s Rebuke of Jayadratha and Dhaumya’s Admonition (Āraṇyaka-parva, Adhyāya 252)

Devanagari script

नैव भोगैश्षल मे कार्य मा विहन्यत गच्छत । निश्चितेयं मम मति: स्थिता प्रायोपवेशने

Transliteration

naiva bhogaiḥ śala me kārya mā vihanyata gacchata | niściteyaṃ mama matiḥ sthitā prāyopaveśane ||

Translation

„Ich bedarf der Genüsse überhaupt nicht; hindert mich nicht—geht eures Weges. Mein Entschluss ist fest und unerschütterlich: Ich bin auf prāyopaveśana gerichtet, das Gelübde, bis zum Tod zu fasten.“

Word by Word

• न: not
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न

• एव: indeed/just
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव

• भोगैः: by/with enjoyments, pleasures
• भोगैः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: भोग
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

• खलु: indeed, surely
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: खलु

• मे: of me / my
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: Genitive, Singular

• कार्यम्: need, purpose, business
• कार्यम्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: कार्य
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• मा: do not (prohibitive)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: मा

• विहन्यत: harm/kill (you all); injure
• Type: Verb
• Root: वि-हन्
• Form: Imperative, 2nd, Plural, Parasmaipada

• गच्छत: go (you all)
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम्
• Form: Imperative, 2nd, Plural, Parasmaipada

• निश्चित: determined, resolved
• Type: Adjective
• Root: नि-चित (क्त)
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• इयम्: this
• इयम्: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम्
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• मम: of me / my
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: Genitive, Singular

• मतिः: intention, resolve, mind
• मतिः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: मति
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• स्थिता: fixed, set; established
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स्था (क्त)
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• प्रायोपवेशने: in fasting unto death (sitting down to die)
• प्रायोपवेशने: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रायोपवेशन
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• prāyopaveśana

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights steadfast resolve in a dharmic vow: when one has discerned a higher ethical or spiritual course, worldly pleasures (bhoga) are rejected, and one asks others not to obstruct the chosen discipline—here, prāyopaveśana (fasting unto death) as an extreme form of renunciation.

What is happening in the narrative?

A speaker declares that pleasures are of no use to him and instructs others to stop interfering and leave. He states that his mind is firmly decided on prāyopaveśana, indicating a decisive turn toward self-denial and a final vow rather than continued engagement with ordinary life.