Mahabharata — Virata Parva, Shloka 34

द्रौपद्याः भीमसेन-प्रबोधनम्

Draupadī Awakens Bhīmasena

Devanagari script

वैशम्पायन उवाच एवंविधैर्वचोभि: सा तदा कृष्णाश्रुलोचना । उपालभत राजानं मत्स्यानां वरवर्णिनी

Transliteration

vaiśampāyana uvāca: evaṁvidhair vacobhiḥ sā tadā kṛṣṇāśrulocanā | upālabhata rājānaṁ matsyānāṁ varavarṇinī ||

Translation

ヴァイシャンパーヤナは言った。そのとき、涙に濡れた眼をしたドラウパディー—気高き美貌の女—は、このような言葉でマツヤ王を叱責し、責め立てた。

Word by Word

• वैशम्पायनः: Vaiśampāyana
• वैशम्पायनः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: वैशम्पायन
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• उवाच: said
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच्
• Form: Perfect, 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• एवंविधैः: with such (kind of)
• एवंविधैः: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: एवंविध
• Form: Neuter, Instrumental, Plural

• वचोभिः: words
• वचोभिः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: वचस्
• Form: Neuter, Instrumental, Plural

• सा: she
• सा: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• तदा: then
• तदा: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तदा

• कृष्ण-अश्रु-लोचना: she whose eyes were dark/filled with tears
• कृष्ण-अश्रु-लोचना: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कृष्णाश्रुलोचना
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• उपालभत: reproached, scolded
• Type: Verb
• Root: उप-लभ्
• Form: Imperfect, 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• राजानम्: the king
• राजानम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजन्
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• मत्स्यानाम्: of the Matsyas
• Type: Noun
• Root: मत्स्य
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Plural

• वर-वर्णिनी: of excellent complexion/beauty
• वर-वर्णिनी: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वरवर्णिनी
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Draupadī (Kṛṣṇā)
• King of the Matsyas (Virāṭa)
• Matsya kingdom

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Even when wronged and overwhelmed by sorrow, one may appeal to dharma by holding rulers accountable: a king’s legitimacy is tied to protecting the vulnerable and responding to injustice with decisive, ethical action.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśampāyana narrates that Draupadī, weeping, addresses the Matsya king (Virāṭa) with sharp reproach—introducing her complaint and moral indictment that will drive the episode’s demand for redress.