Shloka 12
भीष्मद्रोणयोर्दुर्योधनं प्रति शमोपदेशः | Bhīṣma and Droṇa’s Counsel of Conciliation to Duryodhana
सर्वधर्मविशेषज्ञां स्नुषां पाण्डोर्महात्मन: । ब्रूया माधव कल्याणीं कृष्ण कृष्णां यशस्विनीम्,माधव! श्रीकृष्ण! तुम सब धर्मोको विशेषरूपसे जाननेवाली महात्मा पाण्डुकी पुत्रवधू कल्याणमयी, यशस्विनी द्रौपदीसे कहना--“बेटी! तू परम सौभाग्यशाली यशस्वी कुलमें उत्पन्न हुई है। तूने मेरे सभी पुत्रोंके साथ जो धर्मानुसार यथोचित बर्ताव किया है, यह तेरे ही योग्य है!
sarvadharmaviśeṣajñāṃ snuṣāṃ pāṇḍor mahātmanaḥ | brūyā mādhava kalyāṇīṃ kṛṣṇa kṛṣṇāṃ yaśasvinīm ||
โอ มาธวะ จงนำถ้อยคำของข้าไปบอกแก่กฤษณา—เทราปที ผู้เป็นสะใภ้ของมหาตมะปาณฑุ ผู้รู้ความจำแนกอันละเอียดแห่งธรรมะ เป็นสตรีมงคลและทรงเกียรติยศ
पुत्र उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse upholds dharma as nuanced and situational (“viśeṣa”): true righteousness is shown through appropriate, duty-aligned conduct within relationships. Draupadī is praised not merely for loyalty but for discerning and performing what is fitting toward each of the Pāṇḍavas according to dharma.
A speaker identified as “the son” asks Kṛṣṇa (Mādhava), acting as a messenger, to convey a respectful commendation to Draupadī—Pāṇḍu’s daughter-in-law—acknowledging her auspicious birth and her proper, dharma-consistent behavior toward the speaker’s sons (the Pāṇḍavas).