Shloka 86

Devanagari script

एकवर्षनन्तरास्त्वेते द्रौपदेया यशस्विन: । अन्वजायन्त राजेन्द्र परस्परहितैषिण:,राजेन्द्र! ये यशस्वी द्रौपदीकुमार एक-एक वर्षके अन्तरसे उत्पन्न हुए थे और एक- दूसरेका हित चाहनेवाले थे

Transliteration

ekavarṣānantārās tv ete draupadeyā yaśasvinaḥ | anvajāyanta rājendra parasparahitaiṣiṇaḥ ||

Translation

វៃសម្បាយនៈបាននិយាយថា៖ «ឱ ព្រះរាជាធិរាជ! កូនប្រុសដ៏ល្បីល្បាញទាំងនេះរបស់ទ្រោបទី បានកើតមកដោយចន្លោះមួយឆ្នាំម្តងៗ តាមលំដាប់ ហើយពួកគេប្រាថ្នាផលប្រយោជន៍ដល់គ្នាទៅវិញទៅមក»។

Word by Word

एकवर्षानन्तराःhaving an interval of one year (between each)

तुindeed/but

एतेthese

द्रौपदेयाःsons of Draupadī

यशस्विनःglorious/famed

अन्वजायन्तwere born (successively)

राजेन्द्रO king of kings

परस्परहितैषिणःseeking one another's welfare

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

Draupadī

Draupadeyas (sons of Draupadī)

Rājendra (the king addressed, i.e., Janamejaya)

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 an ethical ideal of kinship: siblings (or close relations) should be paraspara-hita-eṣiṇaḥ—actively seeking one another’s good—so that family bonds become a foundation for dharmic conduct rather than rivalry.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśampāyana informs the king that Draupadī’s sons were born successively with a one-year interval and were characterized by fame and mutual goodwill, establishing their identity and harmonious relationship within the larger genealogical narrative.