Shloka 7

द्रौपदी-वरण-प्रत्ययः — Intelligence Reports and the Kaurava Court’s Response

Devanagari script

तत्रोपविष्टार्चिरिवानलस्य तेषां जनित्रीति मम प्रतर्क: । तथाविधैरेव नरप्रवीरै- रुपोपविष्टैस्त्रिभिरग्निकल्पै:,उस घरमें अग्निशिखाके समान तेजस्विनी एक स्त्री बैठी हुई थीं। मेरा अनुमान है कि वे उन वीरोंकी माता रही होंगी। उनके आस-पास अग्नितुल्य तेजस्वी वैसे ही तीन श्रेष्ठ नरवीर और बैठे हुए थे >> |

Transliteration

tatro'paviṣṭārcir ivānalasya teṣāṃ janitrīti mama pratarkaḥ | tathāvidhair eva narapravīrair upopaviṣṭais tribhir agnikalpaiḥ ||

Translation

तेथे अग्निशिखेसारखी तेजस्विनी एक स्त्री बसलेली होती; माझा तर्क असा की तीच त्या वीरांची जननी असावी. तिच्या आजूबाजूला अग्नितुल्य तेज असलेले तसेच तीन श्रेष्ठ नरवीरही बसले होते.

Word by Word

तत्रthere

उपविष्टाseated

अर्चिःflame

इवlike, as

अनलस्यof fire

तेषाम्of them

जनित्रीmother, begetter (female)

इतिthus (quotative)

ममmy

प्रतर्कःconjecture, inference

तथाविधैःby such (of that kind)

एवindeed, just

नरप्रवीरैःby foremost heroes among men

रु(textual fragment; likely part of sandhi with उप-)

उपोपविष्टैःby (those) seated nearby

त्रिभिःby three

अग्निकल्पैःby those like fire

Speaker

धृष्टह्ुम्न उवाच

Characters & Entities

Dhṛṣṭadyumna

a radiant woman (unidentified in this verse)

three fire-like warriors (unidentified in this verse)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights discernment through observation: extraordinary tejas (radiance) and the presence of exceptional warriors lead the speaker to infer a maternal relationship, underscoring how lineage and character are read through signs of conduct and presence.

What is happening in the narrative?

Dhṛṣṭadyumna reports what he saw in a house: a woman shining like fire, with three similarly radiant warriors seated near her. From this scene he conjectures that she is their mother.