Shloka 11
Ādi Parva, Adhyāya 193 — Hastināpura Mantra: Duryodhana’s Proposals to Divide the Pāṇḍavas
राजा च राज्ञ: सचिवाश्न सर्वे पुत्राश्न॒ राज्ञ: सुहृदस्तथैव । प्रेष्याश्न सर्वे नेखिलेन राजन् हर्ष समापेतुरतीव तत्र
vaiśampāyana uvāca |
rājā ca rājñaḥ sacivāś ca sarve putrāś ca rājñaḥ suhṛdas tathaiva |
preṣyāś ca sarve nikhilena rājan harṣaṃ samāpetur atīva tatra ||
Vaiśaṃpāyana dit : Là, le roi, tous les ministres du roi, les fils du roi, de même que ses bienveillants, avec tous les serviteurs sans exception, furent saisis d’une grande allégresse. Voyant les Pāṇḍava—hommes au maintien de lion et à la vaillance évidente—tout l’entourage de Drupada se réjouit, car leur présence annonçait une force liée à un dessein juste et l’espoir d’une alliance conforme au dharma.
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights a dharmic social ideal: when worthy and powerful guests arrive with rightful intent, a king’s entire polity—ministers, family, allies, and servants—responds with unified goodwill. Such collective joy reflects political ethics grounded in recognizing virtue and strengthening righteous alliances.
Vaiśampāyana narrates to King Janamejaya that Drupada and everyone around him—sons, ministers, friends, and attendants—became exceedingly delighted upon seeing the Pāṇḍavas. The surrounding prose context emphasizes the Pāṇḍavas’ heroic appearance, which heightens Drupada’s welcoming joy.