Shloka 41

इन्द्रजिद्-लक्ष्मणयुद्धम्

Indrajit and Lakṣmaṇa: Escalation through Concealment

Devanagari script

यमाभ्यां सह राजेन्द्र धौम्येन च महात्मना । प्राप्पाश्रमपदं राजन्‌ द्रौपदी परिसान्त्वय,“महाराज! आप नकुल, सहदेव तथा महात्मा धौम्यके साथ आश्रमपर पहुँचकर द्रौपदीको सान्त्वना दीजिये

Transliteration

Vaiśaṃpāyana uvāca |

Yamābhyāṃ saha rājendra dhaumyena ca mahātmanā |

prāptāśramapadaṃ rājan draupadīṃ parisāntvaya ||

Translation

రాజేంద్రా! యమజులైన నకుల-సహదేవులతోను, మహాత్ముడైన ధౌమ్యునితోను కలిసి ఆశ్రమస్థానానికి చేరి, రాజా, ద్రౌపదిని సమ్యకంగా సాంత్వన పరచుము.

Word by Word

• यमाभ्याम्: with the two Yamas (Nakula and Sahadeva)
• यमाभ्याम्: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: यम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Dual

• सह: together with
• सह: Karana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सह

• राजेन्द्र: O king of kings
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजेन्द्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• धौम्येन: with Dhaumya
• धौम्येन: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: धौम्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

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

• महात्मना: with the great-souled (one)
• महात्मना: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महात्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• प्राप्य: having reached
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-आप् (धातु)
• Form: ल्यप् (absolutive/gerund), Parasmaipada (usage-neutral for gerund)

• आश्रमपदम्: the hermitage-place (hermitage site)
• आश्रमपदम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: आश्रमपद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• राजन्: O king
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• द्रौपदीम्: Draupadi
• द्रौपदीम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्रौपदी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• परिसान्त्वय: comfort (her), console
• Type: Verb
• Root: परि-सम्-त्वि / सान्त्वय (धातु/प्रातिपदिक-आधारित causative stem)
• Form: Imperative, Second, Singular, Parasmaipada

Speaker

वैशग्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśaṃpāyana
• Nakula
• Sahadeva
• Dhaumya
• Draupadī
• Āśrama (hermitage)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

In adversity, dharma first expresses itself as compassionate steadiness: one should console the afflicted, especially within the support of family and wise elders, so grief is held and guided rather than allowed to become destructive.

What is happening in the narrative?

The speaker instructs that, accompanied by Nakula and Sahadeva and the priest Dhaumya, they have reached the hermitage and should now comfort Draupadī—indicating a moment of regrouping and emotional support during the forest-exile setting.