Shloka 12

Rājarṣi-samāgamaḥ — Yudhiṣṭhirasya Dharma-parīkṣā ca

Meeting the Royal Sage and a Dharmic Audit

Devanagari script

दर्शयन्तो भयं तीव्रं प्रादुर्भूता:ः समन्तत: । त॑ तथावादिन कृष्णा प्रत्युवाच मनस्विनी । प्रिया प्रियं चिकीर्षन्ती महिषी चारुहासिनी

Transliteration

darśayanto bhayaṃ tīvraṃ prādurbhūtāḥ samantataḥ | taṃ tathāvādinaṃ kṛṣṇā pratyuvāca manasvinī | priyā priyaṃ cikīrṣantī mahiṣī cāru-hāsinī

Translation

あたり一面に恐るべき兆しが現れ、激しい恐怖を示した。するとクリシュナー——強い意志を備え、柔らかな微笑みをたたえた愛される王妃——は、そのように語る者に、喜ばしく益あることを成そうとして答えた。

Word by Word

दर्शयन्तःshowing, displaying

भयम्fear

तीव्रम्intense

प्रादुर्भूताःhaving appeared, manifest

समन्ततःon all sides, all around

साshe

तथाthus, in that manner

वादिनम्the speaker, one who spoke

कृष्णाKṛṣṇā (Draupadī)

प्रत्युवाचreplied, answered

मनस्विनीhigh-spirited, resolute

प्रियाbeloved (wife)

प्रियम्what is dear, a dear thing

चिकीर्षन्तीwishing to do, intending

महिषीchief queen, royal consort

चारुहासिनीsmiling beautifully

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

Kṛṣṇā (Draupadī)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Even when fearsome signs arise on all sides, the text highlights steadiness of mind and purposeful speech: Kṛṣṇā responds with resolve, aiming to do what is truly dear and beneficial rather than being ruled by panic.

What is happening in the narrative?

Amid the manifestation of frightening portents everywhere, Kṛṣṇā (Draupadī), described as resolute and queenly, answers someone who has just spoken—positioning her reply as deliberate and motivated by concern for what is best.