Shloka 9

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

Devanagari script

क्रियामेतां समाज्ञाय कृतज्ञस्त्वं भविष्यसि । सौक्षात्रं पाण्डवैः कृत्वा समवस्थाप्य चैव तान्‌

Transliteration

kriyām etāṁ samājñāya kṛtajñas tvaṁ bhaviṣyasi | saukṣātraṁ pāṇḍavaiḥ kṛtvā samavasthāpya caiva tān ||

Translation

Vaiśampāyana said: “When you understand this course of action, you will become truly grateful. Having performed, together with the Pāṇḍavas, the rite/act connected with the Sūta lineage, and having duly settled them in proper order, you should proceed accordingly.”

Word by Word

क्रियाम्action, deed

एताम्this

समाज्ञायhaving understood/known

कृतज्ञःgrateful, mindful of a favor

त्वम्you

भविष्यसिyou will be/become

सौक्षात्रम्the office/duty of a sūta (charioteer/bard)

पाण्डवैःby/with the Pāṇḍavas

कृत्वाhaving done

समवस्थाप्यhaving properly established/settled

चand

एवindeed, just

तान्them

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

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 emphasizes that right understanding of a prescribed duty (kriyā) leads to kṛtajñatā—ethical gratitude and recognition of obligations—followed by orderly, responsible action in coordination with others (here, the Pāṇḍavas).

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśampāyana narrates an instruction: once the addressed person comprehends the intended procedure, they should carry out a duty/rite associated with the Sūta-related context and then properly settle or arrange the Pāṇḍavas, indicating a step-by-step completion of responsibilities.