Shloka 8

Jayadratha Approaches Draupadī in the Forest

Hospitality, Persuasion, and Reproach

Devanagari script

पाण्डवेयानि रत्नानि त्वमद्याप्युपभुज्जसे

Transliteration

pāṇḍaveyāni ratnāni tvam adyāpy upabhuñjase

Translation

पाण्डवेयानि रत्नानि त्वमद्याप्युपभुज्जसे।

Word by Word

• पाण्डवेयानि: belonging to the Pandavas
• पाण्डवेयानि: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पाण्डवेय
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Plural

• रत्नानि: gems, jewels
• रत्नानि: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: रत्न
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Plural

• त्वम्: you
• त्वम्: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद्
• Form: Nominative, Singular

• अद्यापि: even today; still
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अद्य + अपि

• उपभुज्जसे: you enjoy/use
• Type: Verb
• Root: उप + भुज्
• Form: Present, Second, Singular, Atmanepada

Speaker

कर्ण उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Karna
• Pāṇḍavas
• ratnāni (jewels/treasures)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Enjoying wealth that rightfully belongs to others is ethically compromised; continued benefit from injustice sustains wrongdoing and invites moral accountability.

What is happening in the narrative?

Karna addresses an opponent/party in the dispute and charges them with still enjoying treasures that are the Pāṇḍavas’ rightful possessions, intensifying the moral and political conflict over ownership and legitimacy.