Shloka 37

अध्याय ३३ — कर्म, दैव, हठ, स्वभाव और पुरुषार्थ पर द्रौपदी का उपदेश

Draupadī on Action, Fate, and Human Effort

Devanagari script

इन्द्रियाणां च पठचानां मनसो हृदयस्य च । विषये वर्तमानानां या प्रीतिरुपजायते

Transliteration

indriyāṇāṃ ca pañcānāṃ manaso hṛdayasya ca | viṣaye vartamānānāṃ yā prītir upajāyate

Translation

ヴァイシャンパーヤナは言った。五つの感官が—心と胸奥を伴って—それぞれの対象の中を巡るとき、その関わりから生じる快楽が起こるのである。

Word by Word

इन्द्रियाणाम्of the senses

चand

पञ्चानाम्of the five

मनसःof the mind

हृदयस्यof the heart

चand

विषयेin/with regard to an object (sense-object)

वर्तमानानाम्of those being engaged/operating (therein)

याwhich

प्रीतिःpleasure, satisfaction

उपजायतेarises, comes into being

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

five senses (pañcendriyāṇi)

mind (manas)

heart (hṛdaya)

sense-objects (viṣaya)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Cross References

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Pleasure (prīti) is shown as a product of contact and engagement: when the senses, mind, and heart operate in the domain of objects, enjoyment naturally arises. The ethical implication is that desire and attachment are not random—they are conditioned by where attention and the faculties are directed, so restraint and right orientation become central to dharma.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśampāyana is explaining, in a reflective/teaching context, how sensory engagement generates pleasure. The verse functions as a psychological observation supporting broader counsel about managing the senses and mind in the forest-life setting of the Vana Parva.