Shloka 106

Drupada’s Instruction to the Purohita for the Kaurava Embassy (द्रुपदोपदेशः दूतप्रेषणम्)

Devanagari script

पुनरेकत्रकरणं तेषां कर्म भविष्यति । जब मन्त्रियोंमें फूट पड़ जायगी और योद्धा भी विमुख होकर चल देंगे, तब उनका (प्रधान) कार्य होगा--पुनः नूतन सेनाका संग्रह और संगठन

Transliteration

punar ekatra-karaṇaṁ teṣāṁ karma bhaviṣyati |

Translation

Друпада сказал: «Их главным делом снова станет собрать всё воедино — вновь соединить и заново устроить. Когда среди министров возникнет раздор и даже воины отвернутся и разойдутся, их первейшей работой будет набрать новое войско и восстановить в нём порядок».

Word by Word

पुनःagain

एकत्रtogether, in one place

करणम्making, bringing about

तेषाम्of them

कर्मtask, duty, action

भविष्यतिwill be

Speaker

दुपद उवाच

Characters & Entities

Drupada

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Factionalism among advisers and loss of morale among fighters weakens a kingdom; therefore leadership must prioritize restoring unity and reorganizing forces. The verse highlights the ethical-political duty of rulers to prevent internal division and to rebuild order when it collapses.

What is happening in the narrative?

Drupada is describing a likely consequence of internal splits: when ministers quarrel and warriors become disheartened and leave, the remaining leadership’s main work becomes reassembling and reorganizing a new army—an act of recovery after political and military fragmentation.