Shloka 9

द्रौपदी-भीमसेनसंवादः

Draupadī–Bhīmasena Dialogue on Suffering, Kāla, and Daiva

Devanagari script

योद्धयमानं महावीर्यमियं समनुशोचति । कल्याणरूपा सैरन्ध्री बललवश्वापि सुन्दर:

Transliteration

yoḍḍhayamānaṃ mahāvīryam iyaṃ samanūśocati | kalyāṇarūpā sairandhrī ballavo ’śvā api sundaraḥ ||

Translation

ବୈଶମ୍ପାୟନ କହିଲେ—ମହାବୀର୍ୟ ସେଇ ରାନ୍ଧୁନିକୁ ଯୁଦ୍ଧରେ ଲିପ୍ତ ଦେଖି, କଲ୍ୟାଣରୂପା ଶୁଭଲକ୍ଷଣା ସୈରନ୍ଧ୍ରୀ ତାଙ୍କ ପାଇଁ ପୁନଃପୁନଃ ଶୋକ କଲା—ପୂର୍ବେ ଯୁଧିଷ୍ଠିରଙ୍କ ଗୃହରେ ସହବାସଜନିତ ସ୍ନେହରୁ କିମ୍ବା ଧର୍ମପ୍ରେରଣାରୁ। ସୈରନ୍ଧ୍ରୀ ମଙ୍ଗଳରୂପା; ବଲ୍ଲବ ମଧ୍ୟ ସୁଦର୍ଶନ; ଅଶ୍ୱମାନେ ମଧ୍ୟ ସୁନ୍ଦର ଥିଲେ।

Word by Word

• योद्धयमानम्: fighting, engaged in battle
• योद्धयमानम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: युध् (धातु) → योद्धयमान (शतृ-प्रत्यय, causative sense)
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• महावीर्यम्: very mighty/heroic
• महावीर्यम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महावीर्य
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• इयम्: this (woman)
• इयम्: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम्
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• समनुशोचति: grieves repeatedly / laments
• समनुशोचति: Kriya
• Type: Verb
• Root: शुच् (धातु) with सम्+अनु
• Form: Present, 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• कल्याणरूपा: of auspicious/beautiful form
• कल्याणरूपा: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कल्याणरूपा
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• सैरन्ध्री: the maid (Sairandhrī; Draupadī in disguise)
• सैरन्ध्री: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: सैरन्ध्री
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• बललवः: Ballava (the cook; Bhīma in disguise)
• बललवः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: बललव
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• अपि: also, even
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि

• सुन्दरः: handsome, beautiful
• सुन्दरः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सुन्दर
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Sairandhrī (Draupadī, in disguise)
• Ballava (Bhīma, in disguise)
• Yudhiṣṭhira (implied by prior co-residence)
• horses

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights dharmic compassion: even amid necessary violence, a righteous person’s heart responds with concern for another’s welfare. Affection born of shared life and duty grounded in dharma both become legitimate motives for empathetic grief.

What is happening in the narrative?

During the Pāṇḍavas’ incognito stay, Ballava (Bhīma disguised as a cook) is seen fighting. Sairandhrī (Draupadī disguised as a maid) watches and repeatedly laments for him, prompted by prior closeness in Yudhiṣṭhira’s household and/or by dharma.