Shloka 8

द्रौपद्याः शोकवचनम्

Draupadī’s Lament and Indictment of Misfortune

Devanagari script

वैशम्पायन उवाच एवमुक्त्वाथ तां शालां प्रविवेश मनस्विनी

Transliteration

vaiśampāyana uvāca evam uktvātha tāṁ śālāṁ praviveśa manasvinī

Translation

ヴァイシャンパーヤナは言った。そう言い終えると、意志堅きその女はその広間へと入っていった。

Word by Word

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

• उवाच: said
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच्
• Form: Perfect (Paroksha-bhuta), Third, Singular, Parasmaipada

• एवम्: thus
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम्

• उक्त्वा: having said
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच्
• Form: Absolutive (Ktva), Active (Kartari)

• अथ: then
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथ

• ताम्: that (her/it)
• ताम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• शालाम्: hall, house
• शालाम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: शाला
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• प्रविवेश: entered
• Type: Verb
• Root: विश्
• Form: Perfect (Paroksha-bhuta), Third, Singular, Parasmaipada, प्र

• मनस्विनी: the resolute-minded woman
• मनस्विनी: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मनस्विन्
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• śālā (hall/pavilion)
• manasvinī (the resolute woman; unnamed in this verse)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights steadiness of mind and purposeful action: after speaking, one should proceed calmly and decisively, maintaining composure and resolve in conduct.

What is happening in the narrative?

The narrator states that, after saying what she needed to say, the resolute woman enters the hall/pavilion, indicating a transition from speech to action within the scene.