Shloka 5

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

Draupadī on Action, Fate, and Human Effort

Devanagari script

धर्मलेशप्रतिच्छन्न: प्रभवं धर्मकामयो: । अर्थमुत्सृज्य कि राजन्‌ दुःखेषु परितप्यसे,“महाराज! धर्म और कामके उत्पादक राज्य और धनको खोकर लेशमात्र धर्मसे आवृत हुए अब आप क्‍यों दुःखसे संतप्त हो रहे हैं?

Transliteration

dharma-leśa-praticchannaḥ prabhavaṁ dharma-kāmayōḥ | artham utsṛjya kiṁ rājan duḥkheṣu paritapyase ||

Translation

Vaiśampāyana said: “O King, having cast away wealth and sovereignty—the very sources that sustain dharma and desire—you are now covered only by a mere trace of dharma. Why, then, do you burn in sorrow amid these sufferings?”

Word by Word

• धर्मलेशप्रतिच्छन्नः: covered/veiled by a mere trace of dharma
• धर्मलेशप्रतिच्छन्नः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: धर्मलेश-प्रतिच्छन्न
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• प्रभवम्: source; origin; producer
• प्रभवम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रभव
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• धर्मकामयोः: of dharma and kāma
• Type: Noun
• Root: धर्मकाम
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Dual

• अर्थम्: wealth; material means
• अर्थम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: अर्थ
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• उत्सृज्य: having abandoned; having cast away
• Type: Verb
• Root: उत्-√सृज्
• Form: Absolutive (Gerund)

• किम्: why? for what reason?
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: किम्

• राजन्: O king
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजन्
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• दुःखेषु: in sorrows; amid sufferings
• दुःखेषु: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: दुःख
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Plural

• परितप्यसे: you are tormented; you grieve
• Type: Verb
• Root: परि-√तप्
• Form: Present, Second, Singular, Ātmanepada

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• rājan (the king addressed)