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Shloka 1

द्रुपदवाक्यं

Drupada’s Counsel on Conciliation and Alliance Mobilization

Devanagari script

अपन बक। ] अतिफशशा+< चतुथों5 ध्याय: राजा ट्रुपदकी सम्मति दुपद उवाच एवमेतन्महाबाहो भविष्यति न संशय: । न हि दुर्योधनो राज्यं मधुरेण प्रदास्यति

Transliteration

drupada uvāca | evam etan mahābāho bhaviṣyati na saṁśayaḥ | na hi duryodhano rājyaṁ madhureṇa pradāsyati |

Translation

Drupada said: “So it is, O mighty-armed one; it will happen exactly thus—there is no doubt. For Duryodhana will not yield the kingdom through sweet words or courteous persuasion.”

Word by Word

एवम्thus, so

एतत्this

महाबाहोO mighty-armed one

भविष्यतिwill be, will happen

नnot

संशयःdoubt

नnot

हिindeed, for

दुर्योधनःDuryodhana

राज्यम्kingdom, sovereignty

मधुरेणby sweetness (sweet speech/behavior)

प्रदास्यतिwill give, will grant

Speaker

दुपद उवाच

Characters & Entities

Drupada

Duryodhana

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Mere sweetness of speech cannot move a person fixed in greed and obstinacy; ethical and political outcomes depend on character, not only on diplomacy.

What is happening in the narrative?

Drupada responds to counsel about the coming course of events, affirming that Duryodhana will not relinquish sovereignty through conciliatory words, foreshadowing the failure of peaceful settlement.