Shloka 5

Jayadratha Approaches Draupadī in the Forest

Hospitality, Persuasion, and Reproach

Devanagari script

यद्येवं पाण्डवै राजन्‌ भवद्विषयवासिभि:

Transliteration

yadyevaṃ pāṇḍavai rājan bhavadviṣayavāsibhiḥ

Translation

Karna disse: “Se assim é, ó rei, então, com o povo que habita no teu próprio reino—os que estão sob a tua autoridade—que a questão referente aos Pāṇḍavas seja tratada de acordo com isso.”

Word by Word

• यद्: if
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सम्बन्ध/शर्तार्थक अव्यय (यद्यदर्थे)

• एवम्: thus, in this way
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम्
• Form: रीत्यर्थक अव्यय

• पाण्डवैः: by the Pāṇḍavas
• पाण्डवैः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाण्डव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• राजन्: O king
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन विभक्ति, एकवचन

• भवत्-विषय-वासिभिः: by the inhabitants of your realm
• भवत्-विषय-वासिभिः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: भवत् + विषय + वासिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया विभक्ति, बहुवचन

Speaker

कर्ण उवाच

Characters & Entities

• कर्ण (Karna)
• पाण्डव (Pāṇḍavas)
• राजन् (the King addressed)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The line frames a principle of governance: decisions affecting others—here, the Pāṇḍavas—should be handled through proper jurisdiction and the king’s own administrative sphere, emphasizing responsibility and orderly statecraft.

What is happening in the narrative?

Karna is speaking to a king and, based on a preceding condition (“if it is so”), points to action involving the inhabitants of the king’s territory in relation to the Pāṇḍavas, indicating counsel on how the situation should be managed.