Shloka 4

धृतराष्ट्रस्य उपालम्भः तथा पाण्डव-समाश्वासनम् | Dhṛtarāṣṭra Reproved and the Pāṇḍavas Consoled

Devanagari script

तमन्वगात्‌ सुदुःखार्ता द्रौपदी शोककर्शिता । सह पाज्चालयोषिद्धियस्तित्रासन्‌ समागता:,अत्यन्त दुःखसे आतुर और शोकसे दुबली हुई द्रौपदीने भी वहाँ आयी हुई पांचाल- महिलाओंके साथ उनका अनुसरण किया

Transliteration

tam anvagāt suduḥkhārtā draupadī śokakarśitā | saha pāñcālayoṣidbhis tatrāsan samāgatāḥ ||

Translation

Vaiśampāyana said: Draupadī too—overwhelmed by intense grief and wasted by sorrow—followed after him, accompanied by the women of Pāñcāla who had gathered there. The scene underscores the shared, communal burden of war’s aftermath: the survivors, especially the women, move together in mourning and duty, bearing witness to loss and its moral consequences.

Word by Word

तम्him

अन्वगात्followed

सुदुःखार्ताafflicted with very great sorrow

द्रौपदीDraupadi

शोककर्शिताwasted/attenuated by grief

सहtogether with

पाञ्चालयोषिद्भिःwith the Panchala women

याःwho

तत्रthere

आसन्were

समागताःassembled/arrived

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

Draupadī

Pāñcāla

Pāñcāla women

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Geographic Context

Sandhi Notes