Shloka 10

द्रौपदी-शैब्यसंवादः — Draupadī’s Identification and Counsel on Hospitality

Devanagari script

यत्‌ त्वद्य मे व्यवसितं तच्छूणुध्वं नरर्षभा:

Transliteration

yat tv adya me vyavasitaṃ tac chṛṇudhvaṃ nararṣabhāḥ

Translation

Duryodhana dit : «Écoutez à présent, ô meilleurs des hommes, ce que j’ai résolu d’accomplir aujourd’hui.»

Word by Word

• यत्: what/that which
• यत्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद्
• Form: neuter, nominative/accusative, singular

• तु: but/indeed
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु

• अद्य: today/now
• अद्य: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अद्य

• मे: of me / my
• मे: Sampradana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: genitive, singular

• व्यवसितम्: resolved/decided/undertaken
• Type: Verb-derived (Past Passive Participle)
• Root: व्यवस् (वि+अव+√सो/√सि)
• Form: neuter, nominative/accusative, singular

• तत्: that
• तत्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: neuter, accusative, singular

• शृणुध्वम्: hear (you all), listen
• Type: Verb
• Root: √श्रु
• Form: imperative, 2nd, plural, ātmanepada

• नरर्षभाः: O best of men
• Type: Noun (vocative address)
• Root: नरर्षभ
• Form: masculine, vocative, plural

Speaker

दुर्योधन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Duryodhana

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights the ethical significance of intention (vyavasāya): a leader’s declared resolve sets the direction for action and responsibility, making the moral quality of one’s decisions central to the unfolding events.

What is happening in the narrative?

Duryodhana addresses a group of eminent men and announces that he will state his decision for the day, signaling an impending plan or initiative that will shape the next actions in the episode.