Shloka 4

अध्याय ३३ — कर्म, दैव, हठ, स्वभाव और पुरुषार्थ पर द्रौपदी का उपदेश

Draupadī on Action, Fate, and Human Effort

Devanagari script

गोमायुनेव सिंहानां दुर्बलेन बलीयसाम्‌ । आमिषं विघसाशेन तद्वद्‌ राज्यं हि नो हृतम्‌,“बचे हुए अन्नको खानेवाले दुर्बल गीदड़ जैसे अत्यन्त बलिष्ठ सिंहोंका भोजन हर लें, उसी प्रकार शत्रुओंने हमारे राज्यका अपहरण किया है

Transliteration

gomāyunā iva siṁhānāṁ durbalena balīyasām | āmiṣaṁ vighasāśena tadvat rājyaṁ hi no hṛtam ||

Translation

“Just as a weak jackal, living on scraps, might snatch away the meat meant for mighty lions, so too have our enemies seized our kingdom.”

Word by Word

• गोमायुना: by a jackal
• गोमायुना: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: गोमायु
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• इव: as/like
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इव

• सिंहानाम्: of lions
• सिंहानाम्: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: सिंह
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Plural

• दुर्बलेन: by a weak (one)
• दुर्बलेन: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दुर्बल
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• बलीयसाम्: of the stronger (ones)
• बलीयसाम्: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: बलिन् (comparative: बलीयस्)
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Plural

• आमिषम्: meat; prey; food
• आमिषम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: आमिष
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• विघसाशेन: by one who eats leftovers (a scavenger)
• विघसाशेन: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: विघसाश
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• तद्वत्: so; in the same way
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तद्वत्

• राज्यम्: kingdom
• राज्यम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: राज्य
• Form: Neuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular

• हि: indeed/for
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि

• नः: of us/our
• नः: Adhikarana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: Genitive, Plural

• हृतम्: taken away; stolen
• Type: Verb
• Root: हृ (√हृ)
• Form: क्त (past passive participle), Neuter, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• gomāyu (jackal)
• siṁha (lions)
• rājya (kingdom)