Shloka 16

कामीकवने द्रौपदी-दर्शनम्

Draupadī Observed at the Kāmyaka Hermitage

Devanagari script

वैशग्पायन उवाच एवमुक्तस्तु कर्णेन राजा दुर्योधनस्तदा । उवाच चाड़राजानं वाष्पगद्भधदया गिरा,वैशम्पायनजी कहते हैं--राजन्‌! कर्णके ऐसा कहनेपर राजा दुर्योधन उस समय अश्रुगद्वद वाणीद्वारा अंगराज (कर्ण)-से इस प्रकार बोला

Transliteration

vaiśampāyana uvāca | evam uktas tu karṇena rājā duryodhanas tadā | uvāca cāṅgarājānaṃ vāṣpa-gadgad hayā girā |

Translation

ไวศัมปายนะกล่าวว่า—เมื่อกรรณะกล่าวดังนั้นแล้ว ในกาลนั้นพระเจ้าทุรโยธนะมีสุรเสียงสะอื้นอั้นด้วยน้ำตา จึงตรัสกับอังคะราช (กรรณะ) และกล่าวแก่เขาในทำนองนี้

Word by Word

वैशम्पायनःVaishampayana

उवाचsaid

एवम्thus

उक्तःhaving been addressed / spoken to

तुbut/then

कर्णेनby Karna

राजाthe king

दुर्योधनःDuryodhana

तदाthen

उवाचsaid

चand

अङ्गराजानम्the king of Anga (Karna)

वाष्पगद्गदयाwith a tear-choked, faltering

गिराby (his) speech/voice

Speaker

वैशग्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

Karṇa

Duryodhana

Aṅgarāja (title of Karṇa)

Aṅga (kingdom, implied by the title)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Cross References

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights how powerful emotional bonds—loyalty, gratitude, dependence—can drive decisions in moments of crisis. It invites reflection on whether one’s attachments support dharma or pull one toward choices that later intensify conflict and suffering.

What is happening in the narrative?

After Karṇa has spoken, Duryodhana responds immediately. Overcome with emotion, he addresses Karṇa (called the Aṅga-king) in a tear-choked voice, setting up the next lines where Duryodhana’s reply and intentions are expressed.