Shloka 39

स्त्रीपर्व — अध्याय १५: गान्धारी-युधिष्ठिर-संवादः

Gandhārī’s Confrontation and Consolation of Yudhiṣṭhira

Devanagari script

उत्थाप्य याज्ञसेनीं तु रुदतीं शोककर्शिताम्‌ । तयैव सहिता चापि पुत्रैरनुगता नृप

Transliteration

utthāpya yājñasenīṁ tu rudatīṁ śokakarśitām | tayaiva sahitā cāpi putrair anugatā nṛpa ||

Translation

ବୈଶମ୍ପାୟନ କହିଲେ—କାନ୍ଦୁଥିବା ଓ ଶୋକରେ କ୍ଷୀଣ ଯାଜ୍ଞସେନୀ (ଦ୍ରୌପଦୀ)କୁ ଉଠାଇ ରାଜା ତାଙ୍କ ସହିତ ଆଗକୁ ବଢ଼ିଲେ; ତାଙ୍କ ପୁତ୍ରମାନେ ମଧ୍ୟ ପଛେ ପଛେ ଗଲେ।

Word by Word

• उत्थाप्य: having raised / lifting up
• Type: Verb
• Root: उत्-स्था (धातु √स्था)
• Form: ल्यप् (absolutive/gerund), कर्तरि, non-finite

• याज्ञसेनीम्: Yājñasenī (Draupadī)
• याज्ञसेनीम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: याज्ञसेनी (द्रौपदी)
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• तु: but / indeed
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु

• रुदतीम्: weeping
• Type: Adjective
• Root: रुदत् (from √रुद्)
• Form: शतृ (present active participle), Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• शोककर्शिताम्: wasted/afflicted by grief
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शोककर्शित (from √कृश्/कर्श् 'to waste, emaciate')
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• तया: with her / by her
• तया: Karana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम)
• Form: Feminine, Instrumental, Singular

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

• सहिता: accompanied / together
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सहित (from √सह् 'to accompany/endure')
• Form: क्त (past passive participle used adjectivally), Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• अपि: also
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि

• पुत्रैः: with (her) sons
• पुत्रैः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुत्र
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

• अनुगता: followed / attended
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अनुगत (from अनु-√गम्)
• Form: क्त (past passive participle used adjectivally), Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• नृप: O king
• Type: Noun
• Root: नृप
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Yājñasenī (Draupadī)
• sons of Yājñasenī (Pāṇḍavas as her sons-in-law/sons in a broader familial sense; or her sons where context specifies)
• nṛpa (Janamejaya, addressed)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

In the wake of catastrophe, dharma expresses itself as compassionate support: the grieving are to be physically and morally upheld by family and rulers, not left alone in sorrow.

What is happening in the narrative?

Draupadī (Yājñasenī), overcome with grief and weeping, is helped up; the king continues with her, while her sons follow—depicting a procession amid mourning in the Strī Parva context.