Shloka 34

Devanagari script

द्रौपहुुवाच लोभो धर्मस्य नाशाय भगवन्‌ नाहमुत्सहे । अनर्ां वरमादातुं तृतीयं राजसत्तम

Transliteration

drauphy uvāca lobho dharmasya nāśāya bhagavan nāham utsahe | anarthāṁ varam ādātuṁ tṛtīyaṁ rājasattama ||

Translation

ドラウパディーは言った。「尊き御方よ、貪欲はダルマを滅ぼします。災いを招く第三の恩寵を受け取ることには同意できません。王の中の最上なる御方よ。」

Word by Word

• द्रौपदी: Draupadi
• द्रौपदी: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्रौपदी
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• उवाच: said
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच्
• Form: Perfect (Paroksha-bhuta), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• लोभः: greed
• लोभः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: लोभ
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• धर्मस्य: of dharma / of righteousness
• Type: Noun
• Root: धर्म
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• नाशाय: for destruction
• नाशाय: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: नाश
• Form: Masculine, Dative, Singular

• भगवन्: O venerable one / O lord
• Type: Noun
• Root: भगवत्
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• न: not
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न

• अहम्: I
• अहम्: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अहम्
• Form: —, Nominative, Singular

• उत्सहे: am able / dare / undertake
• Type: Verb
• Root: उत्सह्
• Form: Present, Indicative, 1st, Singular, Atmanepada

• अनर्थम्: harm / misfortune / wrong
• अनर्थम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: अनर्थ
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• वरम्: boon
• वरम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: वर
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• आदातुम्: to take / to accept
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ + दा
• Form: Tumun (infinitive)

• तृतीयम्: third
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तृतीय
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• राजसत्तम: O best of kings
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजसत्तम
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

Speaker

धृतराष्ट उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Draupadī
• Dhṛtarāṣṭra

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse warns that greed (lobha) destroys dharma, and it praises ethical restraint: even when one is offered more, one should refuse what would lead to harm (anartha) or further moral collapse.

What is happening in the narrative?

After receiving boons, Draupadī addresses the king respectfully and declines a third boon, stating that accepting more would be driven by greed and would invite misfortune, thereby undermining dharma.