Shloka 21

रामस्य पम्पातीरगमनम्, सुग्रीवसख्यं, वालिवधः, सीतारक्षणवृत्तान्तश्च

Rāma at Pampā; alliance with Sugrīva; Vālin’s fall; Sītā’s guarded captivity

Devanagari script

निशम्य तद्वच: कृष्णा लज्जिता वाक्यमब्रवीत्‌ । स्थाल्यां भास्करदत्तायामन्नं मद्भोजनावधि

Transliteration

niśamya tadvacaḥ kṛṣṇā lajjitā vākyamabravīt | sthālyāṃ bhāskaradattāyām annaṃ madbhojanāvadhī

Translation

その言葉を聞いたクリシュナー（ドラウパディー）は、恥じ入って答えた。「バースカラ（太陽神）より授かった器の食は、わたしが食べ終えるところまでしかございません。」

Word by Word

• निशम्य: having heard
• निशम्य: Adhikarana
• Type: Verb
• Root: नि-शम् (धातु)
• Form: ल्यप् (क्त्वा-प्रत्यय), कर्तरि, पूर्वकाल (absolutive)

• तत्: that
• तत्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• वचः: speech, words
• वचः: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: वचस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• कृष्णा: Kṛṣṇā (Draupadī)
• कृष्णा: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: कृष्णा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• लज्जिता: ashamed, embarrassed
• लज्जिता: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: लज्जित (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; √लज्ज्)
• Form: क्त (past passive participle used adjectivally), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• वाक्यम्: a statement, words
• वाक्यम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: वाक्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• अब्रवीत्: said, spoke
• Type: Verb
• Root: ब्रू (धातु)
• Form: लङ् (अनद्यतनभूत), प्रथम, एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• स्थाल्याम्: in the pot, in the vessel
• स्थाल्याम्: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्थाली (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन

• भास्कर-दत्तायाम्: given by Bhāskara (the Sun)
• भास्कर-दत्तायाम्: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: भास्करदत्ता (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन

• अन्नम्: food
• अन्नम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: अन्न (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन

• मत्-भोजन-अवधि: until the limit of my eating (i.e., until I have eaten)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मद्भोजनावधि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन

Speaker

वैशग्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• वैशम्पायन (Vaiśaṃpāyana)
• कृष्णा / द्रौपदी (Kṛṣṇā/Draupadī)
• भास्कर (Bhāskara)
• स्थाली (dish/bowl/vessel)
• अन्न (food)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights the ethical tension between the duty of hospitality and the reality of limited resources, alongside Draupadī’s modest, truthful speech—suggesting that dharma includes honesty and humility when one cannot fulfill an expected obligation.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśaṃpāyana narrates that Draupadī, after hearing someone’s words, responds with embarrassment and explains that the food in the vessel given by Bhāskara lasts only until she has eaten—indicating that there is no remaining food to serve beyond that point.