Shloka 49

Devanagari script

द्रौोपदीमनुशोचद्धि्राह्मणैस्तै:ः समाहितैः । समियाय महाप्राज्ञ: सभार्यो भ्रातृमध्यग:,वे सब ब्राह्मण एकाग्रचित्त हो द्रौपदीके लिये ही बार-बार शोक कर रहे थे। इतनेमें ही पत्नीसहित परम बुद्धिमान्‌ युधिष्ठिर अपने भाई नकुल और सहदेवके बीचमें होकर चलते हुए वहाँ आ पहुँचे

Transliteration

Draupadīm anuśocad dhi brāhmaṇais taiḥ samāhitaiḥ | samiyāya mahāprājñaḥ sabhāryo bhrātṛ-madhyagaḥ ||

Translation

Those focused brāhmaṇas were repeatedly lamenting for Draupadī. Just then the great-minded Yudhiṣṭhira arrived there, accompanied by his wife, walking with his brothers around him—positioned between Nakula and Sahadeva.

Word by Word

द्रौपदीम्Draupadi (as object)

अनुशोचत्was grieving for / lamented

हिindeed

ब्राह्मणैःby the brahmins

तैःby those

समाहितैःcomposed, concentrated (in mind)

समियायcame, arrived

महाप्राज्ञःthe very wise one

सभार्यःwith (his) wife

भ्रातृ-मध्यगःstanding/walking in the midst of (his) brothers

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Draupadī

Brāhmaṇas

Yudhiṣṭhira

Nakula

Sahadeva

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Cross References

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights dharmic sensitivity: the learned community (brāhmaṇas) responds with focused compassion to Draupadī’s suffering, and the righteous king Yudhiṣṭhira arrives with familial solidarity—suggesting that moral order is upheld through both empathetic witness and responsible leadership.

What is happening in the narrative?

Brāhmaṇas, gathered with concentrated minds, are repeatedly grieving for Draupadī. At that moment Yudhiṣṭhira reaches the place with Draupadī, moving among his brothers, specifically between Nakula and Sahadeva.