Shloka 3

द्रौपदी-कृष्णसंवादः

Draupadī–Kṛṣṇa Dialogue on Settlement and Daṇḍa

Devanagari script

कथं नु दृष्टवा पाज्चालीं तथा कृष्ण सभागताम्‌ | अवधेन प्रशाम्येत मम मन्यु: सुयोधने

Transliteration

kathaṁ nu dṛṣṭvā pāñcālīṁ tathā kṛṣṇāṁ sabhāgatām | avadhena praśāmyet mama manyuḥ suyodhane, śrīkṛṣṇa |

Translation

ହେ ଶ୍ରୀକୃଷ୍ଣ! ପାଞ୍ଚାଳୀ କୃଷ୍ଣା (ଦ୍ରୌପଦୀ)କୁ ସେହି ଦଶାରେ ସଭାକୁ ଆଣିଥିବା ଦେଖି, ସୁଯୋଧନ ପ୍ରତି ମୋର କ୍ରୋଧ ତାହାର ବଧ ବିନା କିପରି ଶାନ୍ତ ହେବ?

Word by Word

• कथम्: how?
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: कथम्

• नु: indeed/then (emphatic particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नु

• दृष्ट्वा: having seen
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश्
• Form: क्त्वा (absolutive/gerund), parasmaipada (usage-neutral here)

• पाञ्चालीम्: Pāñcālī (Draupadī)
• पाञ्चालीम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाञ्चाली
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• तथा: thus/in that manner
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा

• कृष्णाम्: Kṛṣṇā (Draupadī)
• कृष्णाम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: कृष्णा
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• सभागताम्: come/led into the assembly
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सभा-गता
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular, क्त (past passive participle) from √गम्

• अवधेन्: by killing/slaying
• अवधेन्: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: अवध
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• प्रशाम्येत: could/should become calm
• Type: Verb
• Root: शम्
• Form: Vidhi-linga (optative), Ātmanepada, 3rd, Singular, present (optative sense)

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

• मन्युः: wrath/anger
• मन्युः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: मन्यु
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• सुयोधने: towards/in the matter of Suyodhana (Duryodhana)
• सुयोधने: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुयोधन
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• श्रीकृष्ण: O Śrī Kṛṣṇa!
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्रीकृष्ण
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

Speaker

सहदेव उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sahadeva
• Pāñcālī (Draupadī)
• Kṛṣṇā (Draupadī)
• Sabhā (royal assembly/court)
• Suyodhana (Duryodhana)
• Śrī Kṛṣṇa

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse foregrounds the ethical force of outrage at adharma: public humiliation of a virtuous woman in the royal court is treated as a grave moral injury demanding redress. It also shows the tension between righteous anger (manyu) and the escalation toward lethal retribution, a key dilemma in the lead-up to war.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sahadeva addresses Kṛṣṇa, recalling Draupadī being brought into the assembly in a dishonored state. He declares that his anger against Duryodhana (Suyodhana) cannot be pacified unless Duryodhana is slain, expressing the Pandavas’ resolve hardening toward war.