Shloka 37

द्रौपदी-भीमसेनसंवादः

Draupadī–Bhīmasena Dialogue on Suffering, Kāla, and Daiva

Devanagari script

सहदेवं हि मे वीर नित्यमार्या प्रशंसति । महाभिजनसम्पन्न: शीलवान्‌ वृत्तवानिति,वीर! आर्या कुन्ती मुझसे सहदेवकी सदा प्रशंसा किया करती थीं कि यह महान्‌ कुलमें उत्पन्न, शीलवान्‌ और सदाचारी है

Transliteration

sahadevaṁ hi me vīra nityam āryā praśaṁsati | mahābhijanasampannaḥ śīlavān vṛttavān iti ||

Translation

Vaiśampāyana sprach: „O Held, die edle Kuntī pries mir Sahadeva stets und sagte: ‚Er ist aus großem Geschlecht geboren, von gutem Charakter und standhaft in rechtschaffenem Wandel.‘“

Word by Word

सहदेवम्Sahadeva (as object)

हिindeed/for

मेof me / my

वीरO hero

नित्यम्always

आर्याthe noble lady (Kunti)

प्रशंसतिpraises

महाभिजनसम्पन्नःendowed with great lineage

शीलवान्virtuous / of good character

वृत्तवान्well-conducted / of good conduct

इतिthus (quotative)

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

Sahadeva

Kuntī

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?

True nobility is shown not merely by birth but by śīla (inner character) and vṛtta (consistent righteous conduct); these are the virtues held up as worthy of praise.

What is happening in the narrative?

The narrator Vaiśampāyana reports that Kuntī regularly spoke in praise of Sahadeva, highlighting his noble lineage and exemplary character and behavior.