Shloka 5

द्रौपद्याः शोकवचनम्

Draupadī’s Lament and Indictment of Misfortune

Devanagari script

नान्य: कर्ता ऋते भीमान्ममाद्य मनस: प्रियम्‌ । तत उत्थाय रात्रौ सा विहाय शयनं स्वकम्‌

Transliteration

vaiśampāyana uvāca | nānyaḥ kartā ṛte bhīmān mamādya manasaḥ priyam | tata utthāya rātrau sā vihāya śayanaṃ svakam | duḥkhena mahatā yuktā mānasena manasvinī |

Translation

ဝိုင်ရှမ္ပါယနက ပြောသည်– «ယနေ့ ငါ့နှလုံးသားလိုလားသော အမှုကို ဘီမမှတပါး အခြားသူ မပြုနိုင်» ဟု ဆုံးဖြတ်ပြီး၊ သူမသည် ညအချိန်၌ မိမိအိပ်ရာကို စွန့်ကာ ထလေ၏။ စိတ်ဓာတ်မြင့်မြတ်သော မိန်းမသည် အတွင်းစိတ်ဒုက္ခကြီးကို ထမ်းပိုးလျက်၊ အကာအကွယ်နှင့် အကူအညီကို ရှာဖွေရန် ဘီမစေန၏ အိမ်သို့ အလျင်အမြန် သွားလေ၏။

Word by Word

• न: not
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न

• अन्यः: another (person)
• अन्यः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अन्य
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• कर्ता: doer, one who can do
• कर्ता: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: कर्तृ
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• ऋते: except, without
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ऋते

• भीमान्: Bhima
• भीमान्: Apadana
• Type: Noun
• Root: भीम
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• मम: of me, my
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: Genitive, Singular

• अद्य: today, now
• अद्य: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अद्य

• मनसः: of (my) mind
• Type: Noun
• Root: मनस्
• Form: Neuter, Genitive, Singular

• प्रियम्: dear, pleasing (thing)
• प्रियम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्रिय
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• ततः: then, thereafter
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः

• उत्थाय: having risen
• Type: Verb
• Root: उत्-स्था
• Form: Absolutive (Gerund), Parasmaipada

• रात्रौ: at night
• रात्रौ: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: रात्रि
• Form: Feminine, Locative, Singular

• सा: she
• सा: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• विहाय: having left, abandoning
• Type: Verb
• Root: वि-हा
• Form: Absolutive (Gerund), Parasmaipada

• शयनम्: bed, couch
• शयनम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: शयन
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• स्वकम्: her own
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स्वक
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• दुःखेन: with sorrow
• दुःखेन: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: दुःख
• Form: Neuter, Instrumental, Singular

• महता: great
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महत्
• Form: Neuter, Instrumental, Singular

• युक्ता: endowed/afflicted (with)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: युज्
• Form: Past passive participle, Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• मानसेन: mental, of the mind
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मानस
• Form: Neuter, Instrumental, Singular

• मनस्विनी: high-minded woman
• मनस्विनी: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मनस्विन्
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Bhīma (Bhīmasena)
• Draupadī (Kṛṣṇā)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

When dharma is violated and a vulnerable person is wronged, seeking rightful protection and decisive, disciplined strength is ethically appropriate. The verse highlights resolve (manasvinī) amid suffering and the moral legitimacy of turning to a capable protector to restore justice.

What is happening in the narrative?

Draupadī (Kṛṣṇā), distressed and determined, decides that only Bhīma can carry out what her heart seeks. She rises at night, leaves her bed, and goes to Bhīma’s residence, afflicted with intense inner sorrow and intent on obtaining his help and protection.