Shloka 12

Virāṭa-parva Adhyāya 13 — Kīcaka’s Proposition and Draupadī’s Dharmic Refusal

Devanagari script

एवं सम्पादयन्तस्ते तदान्योन्यं महारथा: । विराटनगरे चेरु: पुनर्गर्भधृता इव,इस प्रकार एक-दूसरेका सहयोग करते हुए वे महारथी पाण्डव विराटनगरमें बहुत छिपकर रहते थे; मानो पुनः माताके गर्भमें निवास कर रहे हों

Transliteration

evaṁ sampādayantas te tadānyonyaṁ mahārathāḥ | virāṭanagare ceruḥ punar garbhadhṛtā iva ||

Translation

かくして、互いに助け合い事を取り計らいながら、あの大車戦士たるパーンダヴァたちは、ヴィラータの都の内を深く身を隠して動いた――まるで再び母の胎内に住まう者のごとく。

Word by Word

एवम्thus

सम्पादयन्तःaccomplishing/arranging

तेthey

तदाthen

अन्योन्यम्mutually, one another

महारथाःgreat chariot-warriors

विराटनगरॆin the city of Virata

चेरुःthey lived/moved about

पुनःagain

गर्भधृताःborne in the womb (kept in the womb)

इवas if, like

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

Pāṇḍavas

Virāṭa-nagara (city of Virāṭa)

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?

Power guided by dharma may require restraint: the Pāṇḍavas preserve their vow and future justice by cooperating, planning carefully, and remaining hidden rather than seeking immediate confrontation.

What is happening in the narrative?

During their incognito year, the Pāṇḍavas live in Virāṭa’s city with extreme caution, coordinating among themselves so their identities remain undiscovered—likened to being safely enclosed in a womb.