Shloka 11

Devanagari script

सूक्ष्पप्रावारानजिनोत्तरीयान्‌ दृष्टवारण्ये निर्धनानप्रतिष्ठान्‌ । कां त्वं प्रीतिं लप्स्यसे याज्ञसेनि पतिं वृणीष्वेह यमन्यमिच्छसि

Transliteration

sūkṣmaprāvārān ajinottarīyān dṛṣṭvā araṇye nirdhanān apratiṣṭhān | kāṃ tvaṃ prītiṃ lapsyase yājñaseni patiṃ vṛṇīṣveha yam anyam icchasi ||

Translation

ଯେ ପାଣ୍ଡବମାନେ ପୂର୍ବେ ସୁକୁମାର ଓ ସୁନ୍ଦର ବସ୍ତ୍ର ପିନ୍ଧୁଥିଲେ, ସେମାନଙ୍କୁ ଏବେ ଅରଣ୍ୟରେ ଦରିଦ୍ର, ଅପ୍ରତିଷ୍ଠିତ ଓ ମୃଗଚର୍ମ ଓଢ଼ିଥିବା ଦେଖି ତୁମେ କେଉଁ ସୁଖ ପାଇବ, ହେ ଯାଜ୍ଞସେନୀ? ଏଠାରେ ତୁମେ ଯାହାକୁ ଇଚ୍ଛା କର, ସେହି ଅନ୍ୟ ପୁରୁଷକୁ ପତି ଭାବେ ବରଣ କର।

Word by Word

• सूक्ष्मप्रावारान्: those having fine cloaks/outer garments
• सूक्ष्मप्रावारान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: सूक्ष्मप्रावार
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• अजिनोत्तरीयान्: those wearing antelope-skin upper garments
• अजिनोत्तरीयान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: अजिनोत्तरीय
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• दृष्ट्वा: having seen
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश्
• Form: क्त्वा (absolutive/gerund)

• अरण्ये: in the forest
• अरण्ये: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: अरण्य
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• निर्धनान्: poor, without wealth
• निर्धनान्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: निर्धन
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• अप्रतिष्ठान्: without status/support, unestablished
• अप्रतिष्ठान्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अप्रतिष्ठ
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• काम्: what (kind of)
• काम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: किम्
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• त्वम्: you
• त्वम्: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद्
• Form: Second, Nominative, Singular

• प्रीतिम्: joy, satisfaction
• प्रीतिम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रीति
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• लप्स्यसे: will obtain
• Type: Verb
• Root: लभ्
• Form: Simple Future (लृट्), Second, Singular, Ātmanepada

• याज्ञसेनि: O Yājñasenī (Draupadī)
• Type: Noun
• Root: याज्ञसेनी
• Form: Feminine, Vocative, Singular

• पतिम्: husband
• पतिम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: पति
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• वृणीष्व: choose
• Type: Verb
• Root: वृ
• Form: Imperative (लोट्), Second, Singular, Ātmanepada

• इह: here, in this situation
• इह: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इह

• यम्: whom
• यम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद्
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• अन्यम्: another
• अन्यम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अन्य
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• इच्छसि: you desire
• Type: Verb
• Root: इष्
• Form: Present (लट्), Second, Singular, Parasmaipada

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Yājñasenī (Draupadī)
• Pāṇḍavas
• forest (araṇya)
• fine garments (sūkṣma-prāvāra)
• deerskin/antelope-skin garment (ajina)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse frames a moral test: whether Draupadī’s commitment is grounded in dharma and loyalty or in comfort and social prestige. It highlights the ethical tension between worldly security and steadfast fidelity amid adversity.

What is happening in the narrative?

A speaker (reported by Vaiśampāyana) taunts or pressures Draupadī by pointing to the Pāṇḍavas’ impending/imagined hardship in the forest—poor, disgraced, wearing deerskins—and urges her to abandon them and choose another husband.