Shloka 5

सभा-पर्यवसान-प्रस्थानवचनम् | Counsel at the Point of Departure

Devanagari script

यां न वायुर्न चादित्यो दृष्टवन्तौ पुरा गृहे । साहमद्य सभामध्ये दृश्यास्मि जनसंसदि

Transliteration

yāṃ na vāyur na cādityo dṛṣṭavantau purā gṛhe | sāham adya sabhāmadhye dṛśyāsmi janasaṃsadi ||

Translation

వైశంపాయనుడు పలికెను—ఇంతకు ముందు అంతఃపురంలో వాయువూ సూర్యుడూ కూడ చూడని ఆమెనే నేను; ఈ రోజు పురుషసమూహమున్న రాజసభ మధ్యలో అందరి ఎదుట ప్రత్యక్షమవుతున్నాను.

Word by Word

• याम्: whom
• याम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (स्त्री. सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• न: not
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न

• वायुः: the wind-god / Wind
• वायुः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: वायु
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• न: nor / not
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• आदित्यः: the sun-god / Sun
• आदित्यः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: आदित्य
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• दृष्टवन्तौ: having seen (they two saw)
• दृष्टवन्तौ: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश् (धातु) → दृष्टवत् (कृत्-प्रातिपदिक, क्तवत्)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Dual

• पुरा: formerly
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पुरा

• गृहे: in the house
• गृहे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: गृह
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• सा: I, that woman
• सा: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (स्त्री. सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• अहम्: I
• अहम्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Nominative, Singular

• अद्य: today / now
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अद्य

• सभामध्ये: in the midst of the assembly-hall
• सभामध्ये: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: सभा + मध्य
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• दृश्या: visible / to be seen
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दृश्य (कृत्-प्रातिपदिक; √दृश् + यत्)
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• अस्मि: am
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु)
• Form: Present, First, Singular

• जनसंसदि: in the assembly of people
• जनसंसदि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: जन + संसद्
• Form: Feminine, Locative, Singular

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Vāyu (Wind)
• Āditya (Sun)
• sabhā (assembly hall)
• jana-saṃsad (public assembly)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights a breach of dharma: a woman who was traditionally protected from public gaze within the household is forced into public exposure in a male assembly. It underscores the ethical collapse of the court when shame, consent, and dignity are disregarded.

What is happening in the narrative?

The narrator describes the shocking moment when a secluded woman—understood in context as Draupadī—is brought into the sabhā (royal assembly) and made visible before a crowd, marking a pivotal act of humiliation and injustice in the Sabha Parva.