Shloka 8

Virāṭa-parva Adhyāya 13 — Kīcaka’s Proposition and Draupadī’s Dharmic Refusal

Devanagari script

वासांसि परिजीर्णानि लब्धान्यन्तःपुरेडर्जुन: । विक्रीणानश्न सर्वेभ्य: पाण्डवेभ्य: प्रयच्छति,अर्जुनको अन्तःपुरमें जो पुराने उतारे हुए बहुमूल्य वस्त्र प्राप्त होते, उन्हें वे बेचते और बेचनेसे मिला हुआ मूल्य सब पाण्डवोंको देते थे

Transliteration

vāsāṃsi parijīrṇāni labdhāny antaḥpure 'rjunaḥ | vikrīṇānaś ca sarvebhyaḥ pāṇḍavebhyaḥ prayacchati ||

Translation

Vaiśampāyana said: In the women’s quarters, Arjuna obtained costly garments that had grown old and worn. He sold them, and the money from the sale he distributed among all the Pāṇḍavas—quietly sustaining the family in exile by honest, nonviolent means, without burdening others.

Word by Word

वासांसिgarments, clothes

परिजीर्णानिworn out, old

लब्धानिobtained, received

अन्तःपुरेin the inner apartments (women's quarters)

अर्जुनःArjuna

विक्रीणानःselling

सःhe

सर्वेभ्यःto all

पाण्डवेभ्यःto the Pandavas

प्रयच्छतिgives, bestows

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

Arjuna

Pāṇḍavas

antaḥpura (inner palace/women’s quarters)

vāsāṃsi (garments)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Geographic Context

Sandhi Notes