Shloka 363

Draupadī’s Exhortation on Rājadharma and Daṇḍa (द्रौपद्याः राजधर्मोपदेशः)

Devanagari script

त्वं तु सर्वा महीं त्यक्त्वा कुरुषे स्‍्वयमापदम्‌ । ये सब लोग आपको समझानेका प्रयत्न कर रहे हैं

Transliteration

tvaṃ tu sarvāṃ mahīṃ tyaktvā kuruṣe svayam āpadam |

Translation

ಆದರೆ ನೀನು ಸಮಸ್ತ ಭೂಮಿಯ ರಾಜ್ಯವನ್ನು ತ್ಯಜಿಸಿ, ನಿನಗಾಗಿ ನೀನೇ ವಿಪತ್ತನ್ನು ಎಳೆದುಕೊಳ್ಳುತ್ತಿದ್ದೀಯ. ಅನೇಕರು ನಿನಗೆ ಬೋಧಿಸಲು ಪ್ರಯತ್ನಿಸುತ್ತಿದ್ದಾರೆ; ಆದರೂ ನೀನು ಗಮನಿಸುವುದಿಲ್ಲ. ಈ ಕ್ಷಣದಲ್ಲಿ ನಾನು ಹೇಳುವುದು ಸುಳ್ಳಲ್ಲ—ಸರ್ವಪೃಥಿವಿಯ ಅಧಿಪತ್ಯವನ್ನು ಬಿಟ್ಟು ನೀನೇ ನಿನಗೆ ಅನರ್ಥವನ್ನು ಸೃಷ್ಟಿಸುತ್ತಿದ್ದೀಯ.

Word by Word

• त्वम्: you
• त्वम्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद्
• Form: —, प्रथमा, एकवचनम्

• तु: but/indeed
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु

• सर्वाम्: entire/all
• सर्वाम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्गम्, द्वितीया, एकवचनम्

• महीम्: earth; the kingdom/land
• महीम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: मही
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्गम्, द्वितीया, एकवचनम्

• त्यक्त्वा: having abandoned
• Type: Verb
• Root: त्यज्
• Form: क्त्वा (ल्यप्), कर्तरि, having abandoned

• कुरुषे: you do/make
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ
• Form: लट्, आत्मनेपदम्, मध्यमपुरुषः, एकवचनम्

• स्वयम्: yourself
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: स्वयम्

• आपदम्: calamity; misfortune
• आपदम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: आपद्
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्गम्, द्वितीया, एकवचनम्

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• mahī (the earth/kingdom)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Renouncing rightful responsibility—especially the duty of governance—can itself become adharma when it leads to preventable harm; ignoring wise counsel and choosing a course that manufactures one’s own downfall is ethically blameworthy.

What is happening in the narrative?

The narrator frames a rebuke directed at a person who is giving up dominion over the whole realm; despite repeated attempts by others to advise and dissuade him, he persists, and the speaker warns that this choice is creating an avoidable disaster.