Shloka 30

Devanagari script

यैषा पाञउ्चालराजस्य सुता सा श्रीरनुत्तमा । पाज्चाली पाण्डवानेतान्‌ दैवसृष्टोपसर्पति,तदनन्तर सब धर्मोके ज्ञाता परम बुद्धिमान्‌ विदुरने कहा--“भरतवंशियो! यह कृष्णा जो तुम्हारी सभामें लायी गयी, यही तुम्हारे विनाशका कारण होगा। यह जो पांचालराजकी पुत्री है, वह परम उत्तम लक्ष्मी ही है। देवताओंकी आज्ञासे ही पांचाली इन पाण्डवोंकी सेवा करती है

Transliteration

dhṛtarāṣṭra uvāca | yaiṣā pāñcālarājasya sutā sā śrīr anuttamā | pāñcālī pāṇḍavān etān daivasṛṣṭopasarpati |

Translation

Dhṛtarāṣṭra said: “This daughter of the king of Pāñcāla—she is the unsurpassed Śrī (Fortune) herself. By divine ordination Pāñcālī has come near and attached herself to these Pāṇḍavas.”

Word by Word

• या: who/which (she)
• या: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद्
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• एषा: this (woman)
• एषा: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: एतद्
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• पाञ्चालराजस्य: of the king of Pañcāla
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाञ्चालराज
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• सुता: daughter
• सुता: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुत
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• सा: she
• सा: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• श्रीः: fortune; Lakṣmī
• श्रीः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्री
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• अनुत्तमा: unsurpassed; supreme
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अनुत्तम
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• पाञ्चाली: Pañcālī (Draupadī)
• पाञ्चाली: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाञ्चाली
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• पाण्डवान्: the Pāṇḍavas
• पाण्डवान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाण्डव
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• एतान्: these
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: एतद्
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• दैवसृष्टा: created/ordained by fate (the divine)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दैवसृष्ट
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• उपसर्पति: approaches; attends upon
• Type: Verb
• Root: उप-√सृप्
• Form: Present, Third, Singular, Parasmaipada

Speaker

धृतराष्ट उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Dhṛtarāṣṭra
• Pāñcālarāja (Drupada)
• Pāñcālī (Draupadī, Kṛṣṇā)
• Pāṇḍavas
• Śrī (Lakṣmī/Fortune)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Draupadī is portrayed not merely as a person but as Śrī (auspicious fortune) aligned with the Pāṇḍavas by divine arrangement; therefore, violating her dignity is an adharma that rebounds as collective ruin.

What is happening in the narrative?

In the aftermath of Draupadī being brought into the royal hall, Dhṛtarāṣṭra reflects on her identity: she is Drupada’s daughter and is like supreme Fortune herself, divinely connected to the Pāṇḍavas—an observation that heightens the moral gravity of the assembly’s actions.