Shloka 14

द्रौपदी-वरण-प्रत्ययः — Intelligence Reports and the Kaurava Court’s Response

Devanagari script

ततः स राजा द्रुपद: प्रहृष्ट: पुरोहितं प्रेषयामास तेषाम्‌ । विद्याम युष्मानिति भाषमाणो महात्मान: पाण्डुसुतास्तु कच्चित्‌,जनमेजय! इस समाचारसे राजा द्रुपदको बड़ी प्रसन्नता हुई, उन्होंने उसी समय उनके पास अपने पुरोहितको भेजते हुए कहा--“आप उन लोगोंसे कहियेगा कि मैं आपलोगोंका परिचय जानना चाहता हूँ। क्या आपलोग महात्मा पाण्डुके पुत्र हैं?

Transliteration

tataḥ sa rājā drupadaḥ prahṛṣṭaḥ purohitaṁ preṣayāmāsa teṣām | vidyāṁ yuṣmān iti bhāṣamāṇo mahātmānaḥ pāṇḍusutās tu kaccit, janamejaya ||

Translation

Then King Drupada, filled with joy, sent his family priest to them. Speaking thus—“I wish to know who you are”—he asked, “O Janamejaya, are you perhaps the noble sons of Pāṇḍu?”

Word by Word

ततःthen, thereafter

सःhe

राजाking

द्रुपदःDrupada

प्रहृष्टःdelighted, very pleased

पुरोहितम्the priest

प्रेषयामासsent

तेषाम्of them / to them (contextually: to them)

विद्याम्knowledge; (here) identity/recognition

युष्मान्you (all)

इतिthus (quotative)

भाषमाणःspeaking, saying

महात्मानःgreat-souled ones

पाण्डु-सुताःsons of Pandu

तुbut/indeed

कच्चित्whether indeed? (interrogative particle)

जनमेजयO Janamejaya

Speaker

धृष्टह्ुम्न उवाच

Characters & Entities

Drupada

purohita (royal priest)

Pāṇḍu

Pāṇḍavas (Pāṇḍu’s sons)

Janamejaya

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Geographic Context

Sandhi Notes