Shloka 2

द्रौपद्याः शोकवचनम्

Draupadī’s Lament and Indictment of Misfortune

Devanagari script

जगामावासमेवाथ सा तदा द्रुपदात्मजा | कृत्वा शौचं यथान्यायं कृष्णा सा तनुमध्यमा

Transliteration

vaiśampāyana uvāca |

jagāmāvāsam evātha sā tadā drupadātmajā |

kṛtvā śaucaṃ yathānyāyaṃ kṛṣṇā sā tanumadhyamā ||

Translation

ဝိုင်ရှမ္ပါယနက ပြောသည်– ထို့နောက် ဒြုပဒ၏ သမီးသည် မိမိနေရာသို့ ပြန်သွား하였다။ ထိုနေရာတွင် ခါးသေးသွယ်သော ကృష్ణာ (ဒြောပဒီ) သည် ထုံးတမ်းအတိုင်း သန့်စင်ရေးကို မှန်ကန်စွာ ပြုလုပ်ပြီး၊ မျက်ရည်မခန်းသေးဘဲ မိမိဒုက္ခကို မည်သို့ ဖြေရှင်းရမည်ကို စဉ်းစားလေ၏။

Word by Word

• जगाम: went
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (परोक्षभूत/परफेक्ट), प्रथम, एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• आवासम्: dwelling, residence
• आवासम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: आवास (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• एव: indeed, just
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव

• अथ: then
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथ

• सा: she
• सा: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• तदा: at that time
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तदा

• द्रुपदात्मजा: Drupada's daughter
• द्रुपदात्मजा: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्रुपद-आत्मजा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• कृत्वा: having done
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (अव्यय-भाव), कर्तरि

• शौचम्: purification, cleansing
• शौचम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: शौच (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• यथा: as, according to
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा

• अन्यायम्: impropriety, wrong manner
• Type: Noun
• Root: अन्याय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• कृष्णा: Krishnaa (Draupadi)
• कृष्णा: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: कृष्णा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• सा: she
• सा: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• तनु: body, waist (slenderness)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तनु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रातिपदिक (पूर्वपद)

• मध्यमा: slender-waisted
• मध्यमा: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मध्यमा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Draupadī (Kṛṣṇā)
• Drupada
• āvāsa (residence)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Even in acute grief, one should not abandon propriety and discipline: Draupadī first performs śauca yathā-nyāyam (purification according to rule) and then turns to thoughtful, dharmic deliberation about a remedy, showing self-restraint and ethical clarity under pressure.

What is happening in the narrative?

After the preceding distressing events, Draupadī returns to her residence. She performs the appropriate cleansing/purificatory acts and, while still crying, begins to consider what course of action could remove or address her suffering.