Shloka 1

द्रौपदी–सत्यभामा संवादः

Draupadī and Satyabhāmā on ethical household conduct

Devanagari script

हि >> मय न [हुक आज अप > भू:

Transliteration

Mārkaṇḍeya uvāca | gurubhir aniyamair yukto bharato nāma pāvakaḥ | agniḥ puṣṭimatir nāma tuṣṭaḥ puṣṭiṃ prayacchati | bharaty eṣa prajāḥ sarvās tato bharata ucyate |

Translation

ມາຣະກັນເດຍ ກ່າວວ່າ: «ມີໄຟສັກສິດອົງໜຶ່ງ ຊື່ ພະຣະຕະ (Bharata) ຜູ້ຝຶກຝົນດ້ວຍວິໄນອັນໜັກແໜ້ນ ແລະຂໍ້ປະພຶດອັນເຂັ້ມງວດ. ທ່ານຍັງຖືກເອີ້ນວ່າ ປຸດສະຕິມະຕິ (Puṣṭimati) ເພາະເມື່ອທ່ານພໍໃຈ ທ່ານປະທານຄວາມອຸດົມສົມບູນ ແລະຄວາມເຈຣິນ. ເພາະທ່ານຄ້ຳຈຸນສັດທັງປວງ ຈຶ່ງໄດ້ຊື່ວ່າ ‘ພະຣະຕະ’—ຜູ້ແບກຮັບ ແລະຄ້ຳຈຸນປະຊາຊົນ».

Word by Word

• गुरुभिः: by/with heavy (strict) [ones]
• गुरुभिः: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: गुरु
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

• अनियमैः: by/with observances, restraints
• अनियमैः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: अनियम
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

• युक्तः: endowed/connected
• युक्तः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: युज्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• भरतः: Bharata (name)
• भरतः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: भरत
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• नाम: by name
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नामन्

• पावकः: fire (Agni)
• पावकः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: पावक
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• अग्निः: Agni, fire
• अग्निः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: अग्नि
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• पुष्टिमतिः: possessing nourishment/prosperity
• पुष्टिमतिः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पुष्टिमत्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• नाम: by name
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नामन्

• तुष्टः: pleased, satisfied
• तुष्टः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तुष्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• पुष्टिम्: nourishment, prosperity
• पुष्टिम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुष्टि
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• प्रयच्छति: bestows, grants
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + यम्
• Form: Present, Third, Singular

• भरति: supports, maintains
• Type: Verb
• Root: भृ
• Form: Present, Third, Singular

• एषः: this (he)
• एषः: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: एतद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• प्रजाः: creatures, subjects
• प्रजाः: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रजा
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Plural

• सर्वाः: all
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Plural

• ततः: therefore, from that
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः

• भरत: Bharata (as a name)
• भरत: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: भरत
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• उच्यते: is called
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच्
• Form: Present, Passive, Third, Singular

Speaker

मार्कण्डेय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Mārkaṇḍeya
• Agni (Pāvaka)
• Bharata (as a name of Agni)
• Puṣṭimati (epithet/name of Agni)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The passage links divine favor to disciplined restraint: Agni, approached through strict observances, becomes ‘pleased’ and then grants puṣṭi—nourishment and prosperity—showing a dharmic ethic where order, self-control, and right practice sustain life.

What is happening in the narrative?

Mārkaṇḍeya introduces a particular form/name of Agni called Bharata and explains his epithets: he is ‘Puṣṭimati’ because he bestows prosperity when satisfied, and ‘Bharata’ because he supports and maintains all creatures.