Shloka 55

Drupada’s Alarm and Inquiry Regarding Śikhaṇḍinī (द्रुपदस्य भय-विमर्शः)

Devanagari script

यक्ष उवाच शप्तो वैश्रवणेनाहं त्वत्कृते पार्थिवात्मज । गच्छेदानीं यथाकामं चर लोकान्‌ यथासुखम्‌

Transliteration

yakṣa uvāca śapto vaiśravaṇenāhaṁ tvatkṛte pārthivātmaja | gacchedānīṁ yathākāmaṁ cara lokān yathāsukham ||

Translation

Yakṣa itu berkata: “Wahai pangeran, karena engkaulah Vaiśravaṇa (Kubera) mengutukku. Maka pergilah sekarang sesukamu; jelajahilah dunia-dunia dengan tenteram dan bahagia.”

Word by Word

• यक्षः: the Yaksha
• यक्षः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: यक्ष
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• उवाच: said
• उवाच: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच्
• Form: Perfect, Third, Singular

• शप्तः: cursed
• शप्तः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शप्त
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• वैश्रवणेन: by Vaiśravaṇa (Kubera)
• वैश्रवणेन: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: वैश्रवण
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• अहम्: I
• अहम्: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अहम्
• Form: —, Nominative, Singular

• त्वत्कृते: for your sake
• त्वत्कृते: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: त्वत् + कृत
• Form: true

• पार्थिवात्मज: O son of a king (prince)
• पार्थिवात्मज: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: पार्थिव + आत्मज
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• गच्छ: go
• गच्छ: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम्
• Form: Imperative, Second, Singular

• इदानीम्: now
• इदानीम्: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इदानीम्
• Form: true

• यथाकामम्: as you wish
• यथाकामम्: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा + काम
• Form: true

• चर: roam, move about
• चर: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: चर्
• Form: Imperative, Second, Singular

• लोकान्: worlds/realms
• लोकान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: लोक
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• यथासुखम्: at ease, happily
• यथासुखम्: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा + सुख
• Form: true

Speaker

यक्ष उवाच

Characters & Entities

• यक्ष (Yakṣa)
• वैश्रवण (Vaiśravaṇa/Kubera)
• पार्थिवात्मज (the prince addressed)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights how actions and relationships can draw others into the consequences of higher authority (a curse), and it frames release as an ethical restoration: once the purpose is fulfilled, the affected party is permitted to proceed freely and peacefully.

What is happening in the narrative?

A Yakṣa addresses a prince, explaining that Kubera (Vaiśravaṇa) had cursed him because of the prince’s involvement. The Yakṣa then grants the prince leave to depart and roam the worlds according to his own wish, in comfort.