Shloka 6

Droṇa–Drupada Saṃvāda and Droṇa’s Reception at the Kuru Court (द्रोण-द्रुपद-संवादः; कुरुनगरप्रवेशः)

Devanagari script

यथाहमनवलद्याजड़ि पुत्रदर्शलालस: | तथा रक्ताड्गुलितलः पद्मपत्रनिभ: शुभे

Transliteration

Vaiśampāyana uvāca: yathāham anavalad yājaḍi putradarśalālasaḥ | tathā raktāṅgulitalaḥ padmapatranibhaḥ śubhe | sādhū puruṣa isīko prācīna dharma kahate haiṃ | rājakanye! pati apanī patnīse jo bāt kahe, vah dharmake anukūl ho yā pratikūl, use avaśya pūrṇa karanā cāhiye—aisā vedajña puruṣoṃkā kathana hai | viśeṣataḥ aisā pati, jo putrakī abhilāṣā rakhatā ho aura svayaṃ santānotpādanakī śaktise rahit ho, jo bāt kahe, vah avaśya mānanī cāhiye | nirdoṣa aṅgoṃvālī śubhalakṣaṇe! maiṃ cūँki putrakā muṃh dekhane ke liye lālāyita hūṃ, ataeva tumhārī prasannatā ke liye mastak ke samīpa yah añjali dhāraṇ karatā hūṃ, jo lāl-lāl aṅguliyoṃse yukta tathā kamaladal ke samān suśobhita hai | sundar keśoṃvālī priye! tum mere ādeś se tapasyā meṃ baṛhe-caṛhe hue kisī śreṣṭha brāhmaṇ ke sāth samāgama karke guṇavān putra utpanna karo | suśroṇi! tumhāre prayatnase maiṃ putravānoṃkī gati prāpta karūँ, aisī merī abhilāṣā hai

Translation

ໄວສັມປາຍະນະ ກ່າວວ່າ: «ໂອ ເຈົ້າຍິງຜູ້ເປັນມງຄົດ! ນີ້ແມ່ນທຳເກົ່າແກ່ທີ່ຄົນດີເອີ້ນວ່າ: ສິ່ງໃດທີ່ຜົວກ່າວກັບເມຍ—ຈະເບິ່ງວ່າສອດຄ່ອງກັບທຳ ຫຼືຂັດກັບທຳກໍຕາມ—ຄວນປະຕິບັດໃຫ້ສຳເລັດ; ດັ່ງນັ້ນຜູ້ຮູ້ເວດາໄດ້ປະກາດ. ໂດຍສະເພາະ ເມື່ອຜົວປາຖະໜາລູກຊາຍ ແຕ່ຂາດກຳລັງໃນການໃຫ້ກຳເນີດ ຄຳຂໍຂອງລາວຕ້ອງຖືກຮັບໄວ້. ໂອ ນາງຜູ້ມີອະວະບໍ່ດ່າງພ້ອຍ ມີລັກສະນະດີ! ເພາະຂ້າພະເຈົ້າຮ້ອນໃຈຢາກເຫັນໜ້າລູກ ຂ້າພະເຈົ້າຈຶ່ງຍົກອັນຈະລີຂໍອະນຸຍາດນີ້ໃກ້ສີສະ—ງາມດັ່ງກີບບົວ ປາຍນິ້ວແດງ—ເພື່ອຂໍຄວາມຍິນຍອມຈາກເຈົ້າ. ໂອ ຄົນຮັກຜູ້ມີຜົມງາມ! ຕາມຄຳສັ່ງຂອງຂ້າພະເຈົ້າ ຈົ່ງເຂົ້າໄປຫາພຣາຫມັນຜູ້ປະເສີດ ຜູ້ເດັ່ນໃນຕະປະສະ ແລະໃຫ້ກຳເນີດລູກຊາຍຜູ້ມີຄຸນທຳ. ໂອ ນາງຜູ້ສະໂພກງາມ! ຄວາມປາຖະໜາຂອງຂ້າພະເຈົ້າຄື ໃຫ້ໂດຍຄວາມພະຍາຍາມຂອງເຈົ້າ ຂ້າພະເຈົ້າຈະໄດ້ຮອດຄະຕິຂອງຜູ້ມີລູກ»។

Word by Word

• यथा: just as
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा

• अहम्: I
• अहम्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: अहम्
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular

• अनवलद्: not failing / not deficient
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अनवलद्
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular

• याजडि: O (lady) Yājadi
• Type: Noun
• Root: याजडि
• Form: feminine, vocative, singular

• पुत्र-दर्श-लालसः: eager to see a son
• Type: Adjective
• Root: लालस
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular

• तथा: so / likewise
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा

• रक्त-अङ्गुलि-तलः: having red fingers/palms
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तल
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular

• पद्म-पत्र-निभः: like a lotus-petal
• Type: Adjective
• Root: निभ
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular

• शुभे: O auspicious one
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शुभ
• Form: feminine, vocative, singular

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• rājakanyā (princess)
• pati (husband)
• patnī (wife)
• vedajña puruṣāḥ (Veda-knowing authorities)
• śreṣṭha brāhmaṇa (foremost Brahmin/ascetic)
• añjali (supplicatory gesture)
• padma-patra (lotus petal)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The passage frames an 'ancient dharma' of marital duty: a wife is urged to comply with her husband's directive, grounded in Vedic authority, especially when the husband seeks a son but is unable to beget one—thus justifying recourse to a qualified Brahmin for procreation (niyoga) to secure lineage and the husband's hoped-for posthumous attainment.

What is happening in the narrative?

A husband, longing for a son yet lacking procreative capacity, respectfully entreats a princess-wife with folded hands and instructs her to unite with an ascetic Brahmin to conceive a virtuous son, presenting the request as sanctioned by traditional dharma and Vedic precedent.