Shloka 37

द्रौपद्याः भीमसेन-प्रबोधनम्

Draupadī Awakens Bhīmasena

Devanagari script

सभ्या ऊचु यस्येयं चारुसर्वाड्ी भार्या स्वादायतेक्षणा । परो लाभस्तु तस्य स्यान्न च शोचेत्‌ कथंचन,सभासद्‌ बोले--सम्पूर्ण मनोहर अंगोंसे सुशोभित यह बड़े-बड़े नेत्रोंवाली साध्वी जिसकी धर्मपत्नी है, उसे जीवनमें बहुत बड़ा लाभ मिला है। वह किसी प्रकार शोक नहीं कर सकता

Transliteration

sabhyā ūcuḥ yasyeyaṃ cāru-sarvāṅgī bhāryā svādāyatekṣaṇā | paro lābhas tu tasya syān na ca śocet kathaṃcana ||

Translation

The members of the assembly said: ‘He whose lawful wife is this virtuous woman—beautiful in all her limbs and with large, captivating eyes—has obtained a supreme gain in life. Such a man cannot grieve in any way.’

Word by Word

सभ्याःthe assembly-members

ऊचुःsaid

यस्यof whom / whose

इयम्this (woman)

चारु-सर्वाङ्गीhaving beautiful limbs all over

भार्याwife

सु-आदायता-ईक्षणाwith very long eyes

परःsupreme / great

लाभःgain, benefit

तुindeed, but

तस्यof him

स्यात्would be / may be

नnot

चand

शोचेत्would grieve

कथंचनin any way, at all

Speaker

वैशग्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

sabhyāḥ (assembly/courtiers)

bhāryā (the wife—implicitly the woman being praised)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Geographic Context

Sandhi Notes