Shloka 7

Draupadī’s Identification of the Pāṇḍavas and the Onset of the Chariot Engagement (द्रौपदी-पाण्डव-परिचयः)

Devanagari script

क्रोशतस्तव राजेन्द्र ससैन्यस्थ नूपात्मज

Transliteration

krośatas tava rājendra sa-sainyastha nūpātmaja

Translation

Vaiśampāyana sprach: „O König, während du klagend aufschriest, war der Prinz—mitten im Heer stehend—zugegen (und hörte und sah es).“

Word by Word

• क्रोशतः: of (you) crying / while you cry
• क्रोशतः: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: क्रुश्
• Form: शतृ-प्रत्ययान्त वर्तमान कृदन्त (present active participle), पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, एकवचन

• तव: your / of you
• तव: Adhikarana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद्
• Form: —, षष्ठी, एकवचन

• राजेन्द्र: O king of kings
• राजेन्द्र: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजेन्द्र
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन, एकवचन

• ससैन्यस्थ: standing/being with (your) army; accompanied by the army
• ससैन्यस्थ: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ससैन्यस्थ
• Form: समासान्त विशेषण (स- + सैन्य + स्थ), पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन, एकवचन

• नूपात्मज: O son of Nūpa
• नूपात्मज: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: नूपात्मज
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन, एकवचन

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• rājendra (the king, addressed)
• nūpātmaja (the prince)
• sainya (army)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse underscores the tension between a ruler’s personal anguish and the public arena of duty: a king’s lament is not isolated but occurs before others—especially within the army—where leadership, restraint, and responsibility are constantly tested.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśampāyana narrates to the addressed king that, at the moment of his crying out, a prince (the king’s son) is described as being positioned among the troops—setting a scene of urgency and emotional upheaval within a military context.