Shloka 61

चित्रसेन-समागमः / The Engagement with Citrasena and the Gandharvas

Devanagari script

अभिपन्नास्मि पाञज्चालि याज्ञसेनि क्षमस्व मे । कामकार: सखीनां हि सोपहासं प्रभाषितम्‌,वैशम्पायनजी कहते हैं--जनमेजय! द्रौपदीकी ये धर्मयुक्त बातें सुनकर सत्यभामाने उस धर्मपरायणा पाज्चालीका समादर करते हुए कहा--'पाञज्चालराजकुमारी! याज्ञसेनी! मैं तुम्हारी शरणमें आयी हूँ; (मैंने जो अनुचित प्रश्न किया है), उसके लिये मुझे क्षमा कर दो। सखियोंमें परस्पर स्वेच्छापूर्वक ऐसी हास-परिहासकी बातें हो जाया करती हैं!

Transliteration

abhipannāsmī pāñcāli yājñaseni kṣamasva me | kāmakāraḥ sakhīnāṃ hi sopahāsaṃ prabhāṣitam ||

Translation

Satyabhāmā, having heard Draupadī’s dharma-grounded words, respectfully addressed that devoted Pāñcālī: “O princess of Pāñcāla, Yājñasenī, I have come to you for refuge—please forgive me for my improper question. Among friends, such playful, joking speech is often uttered freely, with laughter.”

Word by Word

• अभिपन्ना: having resorted to; having taken refuge
• अभिपन्ना: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अभि-√पद् (पन्न) / अभिपन्न (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• अस्मि: I am
• अस्मि: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: √अस्
• Form: Present, 1st, Singular, Parasmaipada

• पाञ्चालि: O Pāñcālī
• पाञ्चालि: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाञ्चालि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine, Vocative, Singular

• याज्ञसेनि: O Yājñasenī
• याज्ञसेनि: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: याज्ञसेनि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine, Vocative, Singular

• क्षमस्व: forgive (you)
• क्षमस्व: Karma
• Type: Verb
• Root: √क्षम्
• Form: Imperative, 2nd, Singular, Ātmanepada

• मे: of me; my
• मे: Sampradana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: Genitive, Singular

• कामकारः: acting at will; voluntary act
• कामकारः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: कामकार (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• सखीनाम्: of (female) friends
• सखीनाम्: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: सखी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine, Genitive, Plural

• हि: indeed; for
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि

• सोपहासम्: with laughter; jokingly
• सोपहासम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स-उपहास (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• प्रभाषितम्: spoken; uttered
• प्रभाषितम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्र-√भाष् (भाषित) / प्रभाषित (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Janamejaya
• Draupadī (Pāñcālī, Yājñasenī)
• Satyabhāmā
• Pāñcāla
• Yajñasena

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Even when speech is casual or joking among friends, one should recognize impropriety and seek forgiveness; humility and respect toward a dharma-guided person are themselves ethical acts.

What is happening in the narrative?

After Draupadī speaks in a dharma-consistent way, Satyabhāmā honors her and apologizes for an earlier inappropriate query, explaining it arose from the free, teasing manner common among friends.