Shloka 7

Devanagari script

प्राहिणोदानयेहेति पुत्रो दुर्योधनस्तव । सूतपुत्र॑ सुमन्दात्मा निर्लज्ज: प्रातिकामिनम्‌,भीष्म, द्रोण और विदुरने बार-बार मना किया तो भी आपके मूढ़ और निर्लज्ज पुत्र दुर्योधनने सूतपुत्र प्रातिकामी-को यह आदेश देकर भेजा कि तुम पाण्डवोंकी प्यारी पत्नी धर्मचारिणी द्रौपदीको सभामें ले आओ

Transliteration

sañjaya uvāca | prāhiṇod ānayeheti putro duryodhanas tava | sūtaputraḥ sumandātmā nirlajjaḥ prātikāminam ||

Translation

ಸಂಜಯನು ಹೇಳಿದನು—ನಿನ್ನ ಪುತ್ರ ದುರ್ಯೋಧನನು, ಕುಬುದ್ಧಿಯೂ ನಿರ್ಲಜ್ಜನೂ ಆಗಿ, ಸೂತಪುತ್ರ ಪ್ರಾತಿಕಾಮಿಯನ್ನು ಕಳುಹಿಸಿ—“ಅವಳನ್ನು ಇಲ್ಲಿಗೆ ಕರೆತರು” ಎಂದು ಹೇಳಿದನು.

Word by Word

प्राहिणोत्sent forth

आनयेbring (you should bring)

इतिthus

पुत्रःson

दुर्योधनःDuryodhana

तवof you/your

सूतपुत्रःthe charioteer’s son

सुमन्दात्माof very foolish nature

निर्लज्जःshameless

प्रातिकामिनम्Pratikamin (proper name)

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Sañjaya

Duryodhana

Dhṛtarāṣṭra

Prātikāmin

Draupadī

royal assembly (sabhā)

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 used without shame or restraint becomes adharma: ignoring wise counsel and violating a woman’s dignity in a public court is portrayed as a grave moral transgression that accelerates social collapse and future violence.

What is happening in the narrative?

After the dice-game crisis, Duryodhana orders the attendant Prātikāmin to bring Draupadī into the sabhā. The verse highlights Duryodhana’s shameless intent and frames the summons as an ethically charged escalation.