Shloka 4

कामीकवने द्रौपदी-दर्शनम्

Draupadī Observed at the Kāmyaka Hermitage

Devanagari script

तस्य लज्जान्वितस्यैव शोकव्याकुलचेतस: । प्रवेशं विस्तरेण त्वं वैशम्पायन कीर्तय

Transliteration

tasya lajjānvitasyāiva śokavyākulacetasaḥ | praveśaṁ vistareṇa tvaṁ vaiśampāyana kīrtaya ||

Translation

Janamejaya dijo: «Oh Vaiśampāyana, relata con detalle cómo entró él, abatido por la vergüenza y con la mente turbada por el dolor».

Word by Word

• तस्य: of him
• तस्य: Sambandha
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: masculine, genitive, singular

• लज्जा-अन्वितस्य: of (him) endowed with shame/modesty
• लज्जा-अन्वितस्य: Sambandha
• Type: Adjective
• Root: लज्जा + अन्वित
• Form: masculine, genitive, singular

• एव: indeed/just
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव

• शोक-व्याकुल-चेतसः: of (him) whose mind is agitated by grief
• शोक-व्याकुल-चेतसः: Sambandha
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शोक + व्याकुल + चेतस्
• Form: masculine, genitive, singular

• प्रवेशम्: the entry/entrance
• प्रवेशम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रवेश
• Form: masculine, accusative, singular

• विस्तरेण: in detail/at length
• विस्तरेण: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: विस्तर
• Form: masculine, instrumental, singular

• त्वम्: you
• त्वम्: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद्
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular

• वैशम्पायन: O Vaiśampāyana
• वैशम्पायन: Sambodhana
• Type: Noun
• Root: वैशम्पायन
• Form: masculine, vocative, singular

• कीर्तय: tell/relate
• Type: Verb
• Root: कीर्तय् (कृत्/कीर्त् caus.)
• Form: imperative, second, singular, parasmaipada

Speaker

जनमेजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Janamejaya
• Vaiśampāyana

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights an ethical-psychological moment: shame (lajjā) and grief (śoka) can weigh heavily on the mind, and careful narration of such moments invites reflection on responsibility, remorse, and the dharmic consequences of actions.

What is happening in the narrative?

King Janamejaya, listening to the Mahābhārata from the sage Vaiśampāyana, requests a detailed account of a particular person’s ‘entry’ (praveśa)—specifically of someone who approaches while burdened by shame and sorrow.