Shloka 7

दुर्योधनस्य हास्तिनपुरप्रवेशः

Duryodhana’s Return toward Hastinapura; Karṇa’s Consolation

Devanagari script

धार्रराष्ट्रवर्धं कृत्वा वैराणि प्रतियात्य च । युधिष्ठिरस्थां पृथिवीं द्रक्ष्यसि द्रुपदात्मजे,“ट्रपदकुमारी! तुम शीघ्र ही देखोगी कि धृतराष्ट्रके पुत्रोंको मारकर और पहलेके वैरका भरपूर बदला चुकाकर तुम्हारे पतियोंने विजय पायी है और इस पृथ्वीपर महाराज युधिष्ठिरका अधिकार हो गया है

Transliteration

vaiśampāyana uvāca |

dhārtarāṣṭravardhaṃ kṛtvā vairāṇi pratiyātya ca |

yudhiṣṭhirasthāṃ pṛthivīṃ drakṣyasi drupadātmaje ||

Translation

ヴァイシャンパーヤナは言った。「おお、ドルパダの娘よ。ほどなく汝は見るであろう、この大地がユディシュティラの正しき王権のもとに確立されるのを――ドリタラーシュトラの子らが討たれ、旧き怨みが余すところなく償われたのちに。かくして汝の夫君たちは勝利を得、過去の不義が求める苛烈なる法（ダルマ）の清算を成し遂げる。」

Word by Word

धार्तराष्ट्रान्the sons of Dhṛtarāṣṭra (the Kauravas)

वर्धम्increase; prosperity (as an object/goal)

कृत्वाhaving done; having made

वैindeed; surely

वैराणिenmities; hostilities; feuds

प्रतियात्यhaving requited; having paid back (in return)

चand

युधिष्ठिरस्थाम्belonging to/under Yudhiṣṭhira; established in Yudhiṣṭhira

पृथिवीम्the earth; the kingdom

द्रक्ष्यसिyou will see

द्रुपदात्मजेO daughter of Drupada

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

Dhṛtarāṣṭra

sons of Dhṛtarāṣṭra (Kauravas)

Yudhiṣṭhira

Drupada

Draupadī (Drupadātmajā)

Pṛthivī (the earth/kingdom)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse frames the coming victory as a restoration of rightful order: wrongs generate consequences, and when dharma is violated, justice may require decisive action. It also links political legitimacy (Yudhiṣṭhira’s rule) with moral reckoning (the repayment of long-standing enmity).

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśampāyana addresses Draupadī, predicting that she will soon witness the defeat of Dhṛtarāṣṭra’s sons and the settling of prior hostilities, culminating in the earth/kingdom coming under Yudhiṣṭhira’s sovereignty through her husbands’ victory.