Shloka 49

Draupadī-apaharaṇa-saṃdeśaḥ

Report of Draupadī’s Abduction and the Pāṇḍavas’ Pursuit

Devanagari script

गृह्नन्नज्जलिमालाश्र धार्तराष्ट्री जनाधिप: । सुयोधनो ययावग्रे श्रिया परमया ज्वलन्‌

Transliteration

vaiśampāyana uvāca | gṛhṇann añjalim ālāśrā dhārtarāṣṭrī janādhipaḥ | suyodhano yayāv agre śriyā paramayā jvalan |

Translation

ヴァイシャンパーヤナは語った。人々の合掌の礼を次々と受け取りながら、ダーリタラーシュトラ家の王スヨーダナ（ドゥルヨーダナ）は先頭を進み、至高の栄光に燃えるように輝いていた。

Word by Word

• गृह्णन्: accepting, receiving
• गृह्णन्: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: ग्रह्
• Form: —, present participle (शतृ), परस्मैपद, पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• अञ्जलिम्: a reverential salutation (joined palms)
• अञ्जलिम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: अञ्जलि
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• आलाश्र: Ālāśra (proper name/epithet; uncertain reading)
• आलाश्र: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: आलाश्र
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• धार्तराष्ट्री: son of Dhṛtarāṣṭra
• धार्तराष्ट्री: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: धार्तराष्ट्र
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• जनाधिपः: lord of people, king
• जनाधिपः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: जनाधिप
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• सुयोधनः: Suyodhana (Duryodhana)
• सुयोधनः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुयोधन
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• ययौ: went
• ययौ: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: या
• Form: लिट्, perfect, प्रथम, एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• अग्रे: in front, ahead
• अग्रे: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अग्र
• Form: adverb

• श्रिया: with splendor/fortune
• श्रिया: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्री
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन

• परमया: supreme, excellent
• परमया: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: परम
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन

• ज्वलन्: shining, blazing
• ज्वलन्: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: ज्वल्
• Form: —, present participle (शतृ), परस्मैपद, पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Dhṛtarāṣṭra
• Suyodhana (Duryodhana)
• Brāhmaṇas
• People/subjects

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights how external honor—praise, blessings, and public salutations—can intensify a ruler’s pride and sense of grandeur; ethically, it cautions that acclaim is not the same as righteousness (dharma) and can obscure moral judgment.

What is happening in the narrative?

Duryodhana, described as the Dhārtarāṣṭra king, moves at the head of the procession while receiving people’s folded-hand salutations and hearing brāhmaṇas’ laudatory blessings, appearing radiant with exceptional splendor.