Shloka 50

Devanagari script

ते सम त॑ मुदिता दृष्टवा पुनः प्रत्यागतं नृपम्‌ जित्वा तान्‌ सिन्धुसौवीरान्‌ द्रौपदी चाहतां पुन:,सिन्धु और सौवीरदेशके क्षत्रियोंको जीतकर महाराज लौटे हैं और द्रौपदीदेवी भी पुनः आश्रममें आ गयी हैं, यह देखकर उन ऋषियोंको बड़ी प्रसन्नता हुई

Transliteration

te sametā muditā dṛṣṭvā punaḥ pratyāgataṃ nṛpam | jitvā tān sindhu-sauvīrān draupadī cāhṛtāṃ punaḥ ||

Translation

Vaiśampāyana said: Seeing the king return once again—having conquered the Kṣatriyas of Sindhu and Sauvīra—and seeing Draupadī brought back again to the hermitage, the assembled sages were filled with great joy. The moment underscores the restoration of order after outrage: rightful strength is used to undo an injustice and to re-establish the safety and dignity of the wronged.

Word by Word

तेthey (those sages)

समम्together / all at once

तदाthen

मुदिताःgladdened, delighted

दृष्ट्वाhaving seen

पुनःagain

प्रत्यागतम्returned

नृपम्the king

जित्वाhaving conquered

तान्those

सिन्धुसौवीरान्the Sindhus and Sauviras

द्रौपदीDraupadi

चand

आहताम्come/arrived (lit. brought/come; context: returned)

पुनःagain

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

nṛpa (the king, contextually Yudhiṣṭhira)

Draupadī

Sindhu

Sauvīra

Ṛ

ṛṣayaḥ (sages)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Cross References

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights dharma as the restoration of moral order: when wrongdoing occurs, rightful power should be used to undo harm, recover the wronged person, and re-establish safety and dignity—eliciting communal relief and approval (here, the sages’ joy).

What is happening in the narrative?

After conflict with the Sindhu–Sauvīra side, the king returns victorious, and Draupadī—who had been taken away—is brought back to the hermitage. The gathered sages, seeing both the successful return and Draupadī’s recovery, rejoice.