Shloka 2

सुभद्राहरणम्

Subhadrā-haraṇa: Arjuna’s Taking of Subhadrā and the Dvārakā Assembly’s Response

Devanagari script

तेषां मनुजसिंहानां पज्चानाममितौजसाम्‌ | बभूव कृष्णा सर्वेषां पार्थानां वशवर्तिनी,कृष्णा मनुष्योंमें सिंहके समान वीर और अमित तेजस्वी उन पाँचों पाण्डवोंकी आज्ञाके अधीन रहती थी

Transliteration

teṣāṁ manujasiṁhānāṁ pañcānām amitaujasām | babhūva kṛṣṇā sarveṣāṁ pārthānāṁ vaśavartinī ||

Translation

Вайшампаяна сказал: Среди тех пяти Партхов — львов среди людей, обладавших неизмеримой мощью, — Кришна (Драупади) жила согласно воле всех пятерых, пребывая под их наставлением и властью.

Word by Word

तेषाम्of those

मनुजसिंहानाम्of the lion-like men

पञ्चानाम्of the five

अमितौजसाम्of those of immeasurable vigor

बभूवbecame / was

कृष्णाKṛṣṇā (Draupadī)

सर्वेषाम्of all

पार्थानाम्of the Pārthas (sons of Pṛthā)

वशवर्तिनीobedient / under the control

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

Kṛṣṇā (Draupadī)

Pārthas (the five Pāṇḍavas)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse frames Draupadī’s conduct as ordered and dutiful within an extraordinary marital arrangement: she aligns her will with the collective authority of the five Pāṇḍavas, emphasizing discipline, harmony, and adherence to accepted dharma as understood in the epic’s narrative world.

What is happening in the narrative?

The narrator describes Draupadī’s settled role after her marriage to the five Pāṇḍavas: she remains ‘vaśavartinī’—acting in accordance with the wishes and governance of all five heroic brothers.