Shloka 93

Devanagari script

येषां कुशलकामासि ते5पि कच्चिदनामया: । उसने अपने छ: भाइयोंके साथ स्वयं सातवाँ बनकर द्रौपदीके पवित्र आश्रममें प्रवेश किया, मानो कोई भेड़िया सिंहकी माँदमें घुसा हो। वहाँ जाकर उसने द्रौपदीसे इस प्रकार कहा--“वरारोहे! तुम कुशलसे हो न? तुम्हारे पति नीरोग तो हैं न? इनके सिवा और जिन लोगोंको तुम सकुशल देखना चाहती हो, वे सभी स्वस्थ तो हैं न?

Transliteration

Vaiśaṃpāyana uvāca— yeṣāṃ kuśala-kāmāsi te 'pi kaccid anāmayāḥ |

Translation

ヴァイシャンパーヤナは言った。「そなたが安寧を願う者たちもまた、病なく無事であるか？」（物語の流れでは、侵入者は六人の兄弟を伴い、自らを七人目として、狼が獅子の巣穴に忍び込むかのようにドラウパディーの清浄なる庵へ踏み入り、偽りの礼をもって彼女の安否、夫たちの健康、そして彼女が無事を願う者すべての安全を問いかける。）

Word by Word

येषाम्of whom / whose

कुशलकामdesiring the welfare (of others)

असिyou are

तेthey

अपिalso / even

कच्चित्I hope? / is it the case that...?

अनामयाःfree from illness / healthy

Speaker

वैशग्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśaṃpāyana

Draupadī

Pāṇḍavas (her husbands)

the intruder with six brothers (seven together)

Draupadī’s āśrama (hermitage)

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?

The verse highlights the ethical contrast between outward politeness and inward malice: courteous inquiries about welfare can be used as a mask for harmful intent. In dharma-terms, speech (vāk) should align with intention (bhāva); when it does not, it becomes a tool of adharma, especially when directed at those in a protected or sacred setting.

What is happening in the narrative?

A hostile figure enters Draupadī’s sacred hermitage accompanied by his six brothers (seven in all), compared to a wolf entering a lion’s den. He then addresses Draupadī with seemingly respectful questions about her health, the health of her husbands, and the safety of others dear to her—setting a tense atmosphere of concealed threat.