Shloka 14

Draupadī’s Rebuke of Jayadratha and Dhaumya’s Admonition (Āraṇyaka-parva, Adhyāya 252)

Devanagari script

तच्छुत्वा सुहृदश्चैव समन्युरिदमब्रवीत्‌ | न धर्मधनसौख्येन नैश्वर्येण न चाज्ञया

Transliteration

tac chrutvā suhṛdaś caiva samanyur idam abravīt | na dharma-dhana-saukhyena naiśvaryeṇa na cājñayā, gacchadhvaṁ nagaraṁ sarve pūjyāś ca guravo mama |

Translation

ସୁହୃଦମାନଙ୍କ କଥା ଶୁଣି କ୍ରୋଧିତ ଦୁର୍ଯ୍ୟୋଧନ କହିଲା— “ମୋତେ ଧର୍ମ ଦରକାର ନାହିଁ, ଧନ-ସୁଖ ମଧ୍ୟ ନୁହେଁ; ଐଶ୍ୱର୍ଯ୍ୟ ନୁହେଁ, ଆଜ୍ଞା-ଶାସନ ମଧ୍ୟ ନୁହେଁ। ମୋ ନିଶ୍ଚୟରେ ବାଧା ଦିଅନି। ତୁମେ ସମସ୍ତେ ନଗରକୁ ଫେରିଯାଅ ଏବଂ ସେଠାରେ ମୋ ପୂଜ୍ୟ ଗୁରୁଜନ ଓ ବୃଦ୍ଧମାନଙ୍କୁ ସଦା ସମ୍ମାନ-ସତ୍କାର କର।”

Word by Word

• तत्: that (speech/statement)
• तत्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• श्रुत्वा: having heard
• Type: Verb
• Root: श्रु (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वा (absolutive/gerund), Parasmaipada (usage-neutral), Non-finite

• सुहृदः: friends, well-wishers
• सुहृदः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुहृद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

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

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

• समन्युः: angry, wrathful
• समन्युः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: समन्यु
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• इदम्: this
• इदम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम्
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• अब्रवीत्: said, spoke
• Type: Verb
• Root: ब्रू (धातु)
• Form: Imperfect (लङ्), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

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

• धर्म: by dharma/virtue
• धर्म: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: धर्म
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• धन: by wealth
• धन: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: धन
• Form: Neuter, Instrumental, Singular

• सौख्येन: by happiness/comfort
• सौख्येन: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: सौख्य
• Form: Neuter, Instrumental, Singular

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

• ऐश्वर्येण: by sovereignty/power
• ऐश्वर्येण: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: ऐश्वर्य
• Form: Neuter, Instrumental, Singular

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

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

• आज्ञया: by command/authority
• आज्ञया: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: आज्ञा
• Form: Feminine, Instrumental, Singular

• गच्छध्वम्: go (you all)
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (धातु)
• Form: Imperative (लोट्), 2nd, Plural, Ātmanepada

• नगरम्: to the city
• नगरम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: नगर
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• सर्वे: all (of you)
• सर्वे: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• पूज्याः: worthy of worship/respectable
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पूज्य
• Form: यत् (gerundive), Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• गुरवः: elders/teachers
• गुरवः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: गुरु
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

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

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Duryodhana
• suhṛd (well-wishers/friends)
• nagara (the city)
• guravaḥ (elders/teachers)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights how anger and obstinacy can eclipse even valued aims—dharma, prosperity, pleasure, and sovereignty—showing an ethical warning: when one rejects wise counsel, one may abandon balanced duty and choose self-destructive resolve.

What is happening in the narrative?

After hearing his friends’ advice, Duryodhana responds in anger, declaring he needs neither dharma nor worldly gains and ordering them to return to the city and honor his elders/teachers, while he remains fixed in his chosen course.