Shloka 9

Devanagari script

कुलीना शीलसम्पन्ना प्राणेभ्योडपि गरीयसी । महिषी पाण्डुपुत्राणां तथा विनिकृता त्वया,“द्रौपदी उत्तम कुलमें उत्पन्न, शील और सदाचारसे सम्पन्न तथा पाण्डवोंके लिये प्राणोंसे भी अधिक आदरणीय उन सबकी महारानी है। तथापि तूने उसके प्रति अत्याचार किया

Transliteration

kulīnā śīlasampannā prāṇebhyo 'pi garīyasī | mahiṣī pāṇḍuputrāṇāṃ tathā vinikṛtā tvayā ||

Translation

Vaiśampāyana said: “Draupadī is of noble birth, endowed with virtue and good conduct; to the sons of Pāṇḍu she is dearer and more venerable even than life itself, being their chief queen. Yet you have wronged her and subjected her to humiliation.”

Word by Word

कुलीनाwell-born, of noble family

शीलसम्पन्नाendowed with good conduct/character

प्राणेभ्यःthan (one's) lives; from lives

अपिeven, also

गरीयसीmore weighty; more venerable/dearer

महिषीchief queen

पाण्डुपुत्राणाम्of the sons of Pाण्डु (the Pāṇḍavas)

तथाthus, nevertheless/and yet

विनिकृताwronged, harmed, outraged

त्वयाby you

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

Draupadī

Pāṇḍuputrāḥ (the Pāṇḍavas)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Cross References

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse underscores dharma in the form of respecting a virtuous woman’s dignity and condemning outrage against one who is honorable and deeply cherished; moral gravity increases when the victim is blameless and revered.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśampāyana characterizes Draupadī as noble, virtuous, and the principal queen of the Pāṇḍavas, then rebukes the addressee for having nevertheless committed an offense and humiliation against her—framing it as a serious ethical transgression.