Shloka 4

युधिष्ठिरस्य कृष्णार्जुनादि-समाश्वासनम्

Yudhiṣṭhira’s reassurance and praise of Kṛṣṇa, Arjuna, Bhīma, and Sātyaki

Devanagari script

दासी जितासि दूते त्वं यथाकामचरी भव । वाससां वाहिका राज्ञो क्रातुर्ज्येष्ठस्य मे भव,“दुःशासन! तुमने द्रौपदीसे कहा था--“अरी! तू जूएमें जीती हुई दासी है। अतः हमारी इच्छाके अनुसार आचरण करनेवाली हो जा। मेरे बड़े भाई राजा दुर्योधनकी वस्त्रवाहिका बन जा

Transliteration

dāsī jitāsi dūte tvaṁ yathākāmacarī bhava | vāsasāṁ vāhikā rājño krātur jyeṣṭhasya me bhava ||

Translation

Sañjaya said: “O Duḥśāsana, you once said to Draupadī: ‘You were won in the dice-game, a slave-woman; therefore act according to our pleasure. Become the bearer of garments for the king—my elder brother—Duryodhana.’”

Word by Word

दासीfemale slave/maidservant

जिताwon, conquered

असिyou are

दूतेO messenger

त्वम्you

यथाas, according to

कामdesire, wish

चरीone who acts/moves (conducting)

भवbecome; be

वाससाम्of garments/clothes

वाहिकाcarrier/bearer (female attendant)

राज्ञःof the king

क्रातुःof Kratu (proper name)

ज्येष्ठस्यof the eldest

मेof me; my

भवbecome; be

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Sañjaya

Dūta (messenger)

Duryodhana

Duḥśāsana (in the cited Hindi context)

Draupadī (in the cited Hindi context)

Vāsas (garments)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Geographic Context

Sandhi Notes