Shloka 27

Draupadī’s Rebuke of Jayadratha and Dhaumya’s Admonition (Āraṇyaka-parva, Adhyāya 252)

Devanagari script

आहहुर्देत्याश्ष तां तत्र सुप्रीतेनान्तरात्मना । प्रायोपविष्टं राजानं धार्तराष्ट्रमिहानय,तब दैत्योंने प्रसन्नचित्त होकर उससे कहा--'तू प्रायोपवेशन करते हुए धुृतराष्ट्रपुत्र राजा दुर्योधनको यहाँ ले आ'

Transliteration

Vaiśampāyana uvāca: āhūru daityāś ca tāṃ tatra suprītenāntarātmanā | prāyopaviṣṭaṃ rājānaṃ dhārtarāṣṭram ihānaya ||

Translation

Vaiśampāyana said: There the Dānavas (Daityas), inwardly pleased, addressed her: “Bring here King Dhārtarāṣṭra (Duryodhana), who is seated in the resolve of fasting unto death.”

Word by Word

आहुःthey said

हुःindeed/for emphasis

दैत्याःthe Daityas (demons)

ताम्to her

तत्रthere

सुप्रीतेनwith (a) well-pleased

अन्तरात्मनाwith inner mind/heart

प्रायोपविष्टम्seated for fasting unto death (prāyopaveśa)

राजानम्the king

धार्तराष्ट्रम्the son of Dhṛtarāṣṭra (Duryodhana)

इहhere

आनयbring (you)

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

Daityas

Dhārtarāṣṭra (Duryodhana)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Cross References

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights an ethical warning: forces aligned with adharma rejoice when a leader clings to destructive resolve (here, fasting unto death) and they actively encourage choices that deepen delusion rather than restore discernment and duty.

What is happening in the narrative?

Daityas, pleased at the situation, instruct a female figure present in the episode to bring Duryodhana (called Dhārtarāṣṭra), who has undertaken prāyopaveśa—sitting in a vow to fast unto death—so that he may be drawn into their intended course of action.