Shloka 15

Devanagari script

तथैवैषा हि कल्याणी द्रौपदी शीलसम्मता । तारयिष्यति व: सर्वान्‌ सावित्रीव कुलाड़ना,सावित्रीकी ही भाँति यह कल्याणमयी उत्तम कुलवाली सुशीला द्रौपदी तुम सब लोगोंका महान्‌ संकटसे उद्धार करेगी

Transliteration

tathaivaiṣā hi kalyāṇī draupadī śīlasammatā | tārayiṣyati vaḥ sarvān sāvitryeva kulāṅganā ||

Translation

അതുപോലെ തന്നെ ശീലഗുണത്തിൽ അംഗീകൃതയായ ഈ കല്യാണമയിയായ ദ്രൗപദിയും സാവിത്രിയെപ്പോലെ നിങ്ങളെ എല്ലാവരെയും മഹാ അപകടത്തിൽ നിന്ന് രക്ഷിക്കും.

Word by Word

तथाthus, in the same way

एवindeed, just

एषाthis (woman)

हिfor, indeed

कल्याणीauspicious, virtuous

द्रौपदीDraupadi

शीलसम्मताapproved/esteemed for good conduct

तारयिष्यतिwill deliver, will save

वःyou (all), of you

सर्वान्all

सावित्रीSavitri

इवlike, as

कुलाङ्गनाa noble lady (woman of a good family)

Speaker

मार्कण्डेय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Mārkaṇḍeya

Draupadī

Sāvitrī

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Cross References

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Moral power grounded in character (śīla) is portrayed as protective: a virtuous person can become the means of deliverance for others, as exemplified by Sāvitrī and here predicted of Draupadī.

What is happening in the narrative?

Mārkaṇḍeya reassures the listeners (the Pāṇḍavas and their companions in context) by declaring that Draupadī, renowned for her conduct, will be the cause of their rescue from a looming crisis, paralleling Sāvitrī’s famed act of saving her husband and family line.