Shloka 77
अध्याय ३३ — कर्म, दैव, हठ, स्वभाव और पुरुषार्थ पर द्रौपदी का उपदेश
Draupadī on Action, Fate, and Human Effort
यन्न मोहान्न कार्पण्यान्न लोभान्न भयादपि । अनृतं किंचिदुक्त ते न कामान्नार्थकारणात्,“उनका कहना है कि आपने कभी न तो मोहसे, न दीनतासे, न लोभसे, न भयसे, न कामनासे और न धनके ही कारणसे किंचिन्मात्र भी असत्य भाषण किया है
yan na mohān na kārpaṇyān na lobhān na bhayād api | anṛtaṃ kiñcid uktaṃ te na kāmān nārtha-kāraṇāt ||
Vaiśampāyana said: “They declare that you have never spoken even the slightest untruth—neither out of delusion, nor out of faint-heartedness, nor from greed, nor even from fear; neither for the sake of desire nor for any material advantage.”
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse praises satya (truthfulness) as a stable virtue: a truly righteous person does not resort to falsehood under inner weaknesses (delusion, cowardice) or external pressures (fear), nor for temptations (desire, profit).
Vaiśampāyana reports what others are saying about the addressed person’s character—specifically, that the person’s reputation for unwavering truthfulness is so strong that no common motive for lying is found in them.