Shloka 18

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

Devanagari script

वैशम्पायन उवाच स सुहृद्भिरमात्यैश्न भ्रातृभि: स्वजनेन च । बहुप्रकारमप्युक्तो निश्चयाज्न विचाल्यते

Transliteration

Vaiśampāyana uvāca: sa suhṛdbhir amātyaiś ca bhrātṛbhiḥ svajanena ca | bahuprakāram apy ukto niścayān na vicālyate ||

Translation

Vaiśampāyana sprach: Obgleich er von seinen Wohlgesinnten, Ministern, Brüdern und eigenen Verwandten auf vielerlei Weise ermahnt wurde, vermochte ihn niemand von seinem festgefügten Entschluss abzubringen.

Word by Word

• वैशम्पायनः: Vaishampayana
• वैशम्पायनः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: वैशम्पायन
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• उवाच: said
• उवाच: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच्
• Form: Perfect, Third, Singular

• सः: he
• सः: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• सुहृद्भिः: by well-wishers/friends
• सुहृद्भिः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुहृद्
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

• अमात्यैः: by ministers
• अमात्यैः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: अमात्य
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

• भ्रातृभिः: by brothers
• भ्रातृभिः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: भ्रातृ
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

• स्वजनेन: by his own people/kinsmen
• स्वजनेन: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्वजन
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• बहुप्रकारम्: in many ways / of many kinds
• बहुप्रकारम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: बहुप्रकार
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• अपि: even/also
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि

• उक्तः: having been told/advised
• उक्तः: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच्
• Form: क्त, Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

• निश्चयात्: from (his) resolve/decision
• निश्चयात्: Apadana
• Type: Noun
• Root: निश्चय
• Form: Masculine, Ablative, Singular

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

• विचाल्यते: is moved/shaken
• Type: Verb
• Root: चल्
• Form: Present, Passive, Third, Singular

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Janamejaya
• Duryodhana

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Even wise and affectionate counsel cannot help a person who clings to an unrighteous resolve; stubbornness in adharma hardens the mind against correction and becomes a seed of downfall.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśampāyana tells Janamejaya that Duryodhana was repeatedly advised by friends, ministers, brothers, and relatives, yet he remained unmoved and would not abandon his determined course.