Shloka 7

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

Devanagari script

यत्र हर्षस्त्वया कार्य: सत्कर्तव्याश्व पाण्डवा: । तत्र शोचसि राजेन्द्र विपरीतमिदं तव

Transliteration

yatra harṣas tvayā kāryaḥ satkartavyāś ca pāṇḍavāḥ | tatra śocasi rājendra viparītam idaṃ tava rājendra ||

Translation

ରାଜେନ୍ଦ୍ର! ଯେଉଁଠାରେ ତୁମେ ହର୍ଷ କରିବା ଓ ପାଣ୍ଡବମାନଙ୍କୁ ସତ୍କାର କରିବା ଉଚିତ୍ ଥିଲା, ସେଠାରେ ତୁମେ ଶୋକ କରୁଛ; ଏହା ତୁମର ସମ୍ପୂର୍ଣ୍ଣ ବିପରୀତ ଆଚରଣ।

Word by Word

• यत्र: where
• यत्र: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यत्र

• हर्षः: joy
• हर्षः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: हर्ष
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• त्वया: by you
• त्वया: Karana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: त्वद्
• Form: Masculine/Feminine, Instrumental, Singular

• कार्यः: to be done / should be done
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कार्य
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• सत्कर्तव्याः: to be honored / should be respected
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सत्कर्तव्य
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

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

• पाण्डवाः: the Pandavas
• पाण्डवाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाण्डव
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• तत्र: there / in that situation
• तत्र: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र

• शोचसि: you grieve
• Type: Verb
• Root: शुच्
• Form: Present, Second, Singular, Parasmaipada

• राजेन्द्र: O king of kings
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजेन्द्र
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• विपरीतम्: contrary / opposite
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विपरीत
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• इदम्: this
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम्
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• तव: of you / your
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: त्वद्
• Form: Masculine/Feminine, Genitive, Singular

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśaṃpāyana
• Pāṇḍavas
• rājendra (addressed king)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

A king (or any responsible person) should respond to worthy people with appropriate joy and honor; grieving where one should celebrate and show respect is presented as a reversal of proper dharmic conduct.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśaṃpāyana addresses a king as ‘rājendra’ and rebukes him: instead of rejoicing and honoring the Pāṇḍavas, he is lamenting, and this reaction is described as inappropriate and contrary to what the situation demands.