Shloka 45
अध्याय ३३ — कर्म, दैव, हठ, स्वभाव और पुरुषार्थ पर द्रौपदी का उपदेश
Draupadī on Action, Fate, and Human Effort
विदितश्रैव मे धर्म: सततं चरितकश्न ते । जानन्तस्त्वयि शंसन्ति सुहृद: कर्मचोदनाम्,“मुझे मालूम है कि आपने सदा धर्मका ही आचरण किया है, इस बातको जानते हुए भी आपके हितैषी, सगे-सम्बन्धी आपको (धर्मयुक्त) कर्म एवं पुरुषार्थके लिये ही प्रेरित करते हैं
viditaś caiva me dharmaḥ satataṃ caritaś ca nṛpa te | jānantas tvayi śaṃsanti suhṛdaḥ karmacodanām ||
Vaiśampāyana said: “I know well that you have always lived by dharma, O King. Yet, even while fully aware of your steadfast righteousness, your well-wishers and close kin still urge you on toward action—toward the exertion and initiatives that accord with dharma.”
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
Even a person known for unwavering dharma is still encouraged by well-wishers to engage in timely, dharma-aligned action; righteousness includes appropriate initiative, not mere passive virtue.
The narrator Vaiśampāyana addresses a king, acknowledging his established reputation for righteous conduct, and notes that the king’s friends and relatives—despite knowing this—continue to exhort him toward purposeful, dharmic action.