Shloka 60

Kaurava Mobilization at Kurukṣetra (Duryodhana Orders War Preparations) / कुरुक्षेत्रे धार्तराष्ट्र-सैन्यसज्जा

Devanagari script

उपप्लव्ये तु पाञ्चाली द्रौपदी सत्यवादिनी । सह स्त्रीभिर्निववृते दासीदाससमावृता,पांचालराजकुमारी सत्यवादिनी द्रौपदी दास-दासियोंसे घिरी हुई कुछ दूरतक महाराजके साथ गयी। फिर सभी स्त्रियोंके साथ उपप्लव्य नगरमें लौट आयी

Transliteration

upaplavyē tu pāñcālī draupadī satyavādinī | saha strībhiḥ nivavṛte dāsīdāsasamāvṛtā ||

Translation

Puis, à Upaplavya, Pāñcālī Draupadī—réputée pour dire la vérité—revint avec les femmes, entourée de servantes et d’assistants. Le récit met en lumière sa dignité et sa fidélité à la parole vraie, même au cœur des déplacements royaux et des tensions d’avant-guerre.

Word by Word

उपप्लव्येin Upaplavya

तुbut/indeed

पाञ्चालीthe Panchala princess (Draupadi)

द्रौपदीDraupadi

सत्यवादिनीtruth-speaking

सहtogether with

स्त्रीभिःwith women

निववृतेreturned/turned back

दासीby/with maidservants (female slaves)

दासby/with servants (male slaves)

समावृताsurrounded/encircled

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

Draupadī

Pāñcāla (as epithet: Pāñcālī)

Upaplavya

women attendants (striyaḥ)

maidservants and servants (dāsī-dāsa)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse foregrounds satya (truthfulness) as a defining virtue: Draupadī is explicitly marked as satyavādinī, suggesting that ethical steadiness and truthful speech remain central even in politically charged, pre-war circumstances.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśampāyana narrates that Draupadī, the Pāñcāla princess, is at Upaplavya and then returns with the women of her retinue, attended by servants—depicting a formal royal movement and her composed presence within the household and courtly setting.