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Shloka 7

याज्ञसेनी-प्रश्नः

Draupadī’s Question in the Assembly

विदितं मे महाप्राज्ञ भोजेष्वेवासमठ्जसम्‌ । पुत्रं संत्यक्तवान्‌ पूर्व पौराणां हितकाम्यया,महाप्राज्ञ! मुझे मालूम है कि भोजवंशके एक नरेशने पूर्वकालमें पुरवासियोंके हितकी इच्छासे अपने कुमार्गगामी पुत्रका परित्याग कर दिया था

viditaṁ me mahāprājña bhojeṣv evāsam aṭjasam | putraṁ saṁtyaktavān pūrvaṁ paurāṇāṁ hitakāmyayā ||

महाप्राज्ञ! मला ज्ञात आहे की भोजवंशात पूर्वी एका राजाने नगरजनांच्या हितासाठी कुमार्गाला लागलेल्या आपल्या पुत्राचा त्याग केला होता.

विदितम्known
विदितम्:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootविदित (√विद्)
FormNeuter, Nominative, Singular
मेto me
मे:
Sampradana
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद्
FormDative, Singular
महाप्राज्ञO very wise one
महाप्राज्ञ:
TypeAdjective
Rootमहाप्राज्ञ
FormMasculine, Vocative, Singular
भोजेषुamong the Bhojas
भोजेषु:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootभोज
FormMasculine, Locative, Plural
एवindeed/just
एव:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootएव
आसीत्there was
आसीत्:
TypeVerb
Root√अस्
FormImperfect, 3rd, Singular
अठ्जसम्proper name/epithet (uncertain reading)
अठ्जसम्:
TypeNoun
Rootअठ्जस (uncertain)
FormMasculine, Accusative, Singular
पुत्रम्son
पुत्रम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootपुत्र
FormMasculine, Accusative, Singular
सन्त्यक्तवान्having abandoned / abandoned
सन्त्यक्तवान्:
TypeVerb
Rootसन्त्यक्तवत् (सम्+√त्यज्)
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
पूर्वम्formerly
पूर्वम्:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootपूर्व
पौराणाम्of the townspeople/citizens
पौराणाम्:
TypeNoun
Rootपौर
FormMasculine, Genitive, Plural
हितकाम्ययाwith the desire for welfare
हितकाम्यया:
Karana
TypeNoun
Rootहितकाम्य
FormFeminine, Instrumental, Singular

विदुर उवाच

V
Vidura
M
Mahāprājña (addressee)
B
Bhojas
A
a Bhoja king
T
the king's son
P
paurāḥ (citizens/townspeople)

Educational Q&A

A ruler must prioritize dharma and the welfare of the people over personal attachment; even one’s own child may be set aside if he endangers public good and moral order.

Vidura cites an earlier example from the Bhojas: a king, seeking the citizens’ welfare, abandoned his wayward son. The example functions as moral counsel about impartial governance and difficult ethical choices.