Shloka 2
सर्व एव महासत्त्वा मम पूर्वपितामहा: । द्रौपदी धर्मपत्नी च कथं तानन्ववर्तत,मेरे पूर्वपितामह सभी पाण्डव महान् सत्त्व (मनोबल) से सम्पन्न थे। उनकी धर्मपत्नी द्रौपदीने किस प्रकार उन सबका अनुसरण किया?
sarva eva mahāsattvā mama pūrvapitāmahāḥ | draupadī dharmapatnī ca kathaṃ tān anvavartata |
Janamejaya said: “All my forefathers—the Pāṇḍavas—were men of great inner strength and nobility. And Draupadī, their lawful wife, how did she follow and accompany them all?”
जनमेजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse foregrounds dharma in relationships: true nobility (mahāsattva) is measured by steadfast conduct, and Draupadī is presented as a dharma-patnī whose loyalty and ethical commitment are worth examining as part of the Pāṇḍavas’ exemplary life.
King Janamejaya, hearing about his ancestors, asks the narrator to explain how Draupadī—wife to the Pāṇḍavas—managed to accompany and follow them, implying their shared hardships and the unusual circumstance of her being connected to all five brothers.