Shloka 9

Draupadī’s Instruction on Marital Conduct and Household Discipline (चित्तग्रहण-उपदेश)

Devanagari script

देवानां वह हव्यं त्वमहं वीर सुदुर्बल: । अथ त्वं गच्छ मध्वक्ष॑ प्रियमेतत्‌ कुरुष्व मे,वीर! तुम देवताओंके पास उनका हविष्य पहुँचाओ। मैं अत्यन्त दुर्बल हो गया हूँ। अब केवल तुम्हीं अग्निपदपर प्रतिष्ठित हो जाओ और मेरा यह प्रिय कार्य सम्पन्न करो”

Transliteration

devānāṁ vaha havyaṁ tvam ahaṁ vīra sudurbalaḥ | atha tvaṁ gaccha madhv-akṣa priyaṁ etat kuruṣva me vīra ||

Translation

Mārkaṇḍeya said: “O hero, carry the oblation meant for the gods. I have become exceedingly weak. Therefore go now, O honey-eyed one, and do what is dear to me—complete this cherished task, O brave one.”

Word by Word

देवानाम्of the gods

वहcarry (you carry)

हव्यम्the oblation

त्वम्you

अहम्I

वीरO hero

सुदुर्बलःvery weak

अथthen/now

त्वम्you

गच्छgo

मध्वक्षO honey-eyed one

प्रियम्dear/pleasing

एतत्this

कुरुष्वdo/perform

मेfor me

वीरO hero

Speaker

मार्कण्डेय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Mārkaṇḍeya

Devas (the gods)

Havya (oblation/sacrificial offering)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Geographic Context

Sandhi Notes