Shloka 15

Draupadī’s Instruction on Marital Conduct and Household Discipline (चित्तग्रहण-उपदेश)

Devanagari script

यकृत्‌ कृष्णायसं तस्य त्रिभिरेव बभु: प्रजा: । नखास्तस्याभ्रपटलं शिराजालानि विद्रुमम्‌,और उनका यकृत्‌ (जिगर) ही काले रंगका लोहा बनकर प्रकट हुआ। काष्ठ, पाषाण और लोहा--इन तीनोंसे ही प्रजाजनोंकी शोभा होती है। उनके नख मेघसमूहका रूप धारण करते हैं। नाडियाँ मूँगा बनकर प्रकट हुई हैं

Transliteration

yakṛt kṛṣṇāyasaṁ tasya tribhir eva babhūḥ prajāḥ | nakhās tasyābhrapaṭalaṁ śirājālāni vidrumam |

Translation

Mārkaṇḍeya said: “From his liver there manifested black iron; and from three substances alone—wood, stone, and iron—his creatures came to have their distinctive forms and splendor. His nails took on the appearance of masses of clouds, and his networks of veins became coral.”

Word by Word

यकृत्liver

कृष्णblack

आयसम्iron/metal

तस्यof him/of that

त्रिभिःwith/by three

एवindeed/only

बभुःbecame/were

प्रजाःcreatures/subjects

नखाःnails/claws

तस्यof him/of that

अभ्रcloud

पटलम्covering/mass/cluster

शिराvein

जालानिnets/meshes

विद्रुमम्coral

Speaker

मार्कण्डेय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Mārkaṇḍeya

black iron (kṛṣṇāyasa)

wood

stone

iron

cloud-mass (abhra-paṭala)

coral (vidruma)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Geographic Context

Sandhi Notes