Shloka 41

Devanagari script

सर्वस्वमपकृष्टं च तथाधर्मेण बालिश । ओ मूर्ख! समस्त पाण्डवोंको जो द्रौपदीके साथ वनमें भेज दिया गया और उनका सर्वस्व छीन लिया गया, वह भी अधर्मका ही कार्य था || ४० $ ।। अधर्मेणापकृष्टश्च मद्रराज: परेरित:

Transliteration

sarvasvam apakṛṣṭaṃ ca tathādharmena bāliśa | o mūrkha! samasta-pāṇḍavān yo draupadyā saha vane preṣitaḥ, teṣāṃ ca sarvasvaṃ hṛtaṃ, tad api adharmasyaiva karma || adharmena apakṛṣṭaś ca madrarājaḥ pareritaḥ ||

Translation

Dhṛṣṭadyumna said: “Fool—yes, you deluded man! To drive the Pāṇḍavas away into the forest along with Draupadī, and to strip them of all they possessed—this too was an act of adharma. And the king of Madra as well was wrongfully drawn away, being instigated by others.”

Word by Word

सर्वस्वम्all wealth; everything (one's possessions)

अपकृष्टम्taken away; dragged off; removed

चand

तथाthus; likewise

अधर्मेणby unrighteousness; unjustly

बालिशO fool; O simpleton

अधर्मेणunjustly; by adharma

अपकृष्टःwas taken away; was dragged off

चand

मद्रराजःthe king of Madra (Shalya)

परैरितःimpelled by others; instigated by another

Speaker

धृष्टह्युम्न उवाच

Characters & Entities

Dhṛṣṭadyumna

Pāṇḍavas

Draupadī

Forest (Vana)

Madrarāja (Śalya)

Sandhi Notes