Mahabharata 4.13.3 — Virata Parva, Adhyaya 13, Shloka 3

Virāṭa-parva Adhyāya 13 — Kīcaka’s Proposition and Draupadī’s Dharmic Refusal

Devanagari script

तृणबिन्दुप्रसादाच्च धर्मस्य च महात्मन: । अज्ञातवासमेवं तु विराटनगरेडवसन्‌

Transliteration

tṛṇabinduprasādāc ca dharmasya ca mahātmanaḥ | ajñātavāsam evaṃ tu virāṭanagare 'vasan |

Translation

ด้วยพระกรุณาแห่งพระราชฤๅษีตฤณพินทุ และด้วยเดชะของธรรมผู้มีจิตยิ่งใหญ่ ปาณฑพทั้งหลายจึงพำนักในนครวิราฏะดังนี้ เพื่อให้กาลแห่งอัชญาตวาส (การอยู่โดยไม่ให้ผู้ใดรู้) สำเร็จครบถ้วน

Word by Word

• तृणबिन्दु-प्रसादात्: from the favor of (King) Tṛṇabindu
• तृणबिन्दु-प्रसादात्: Apadana
• Type: Noun
• Root: तृणबिन्दु-प्रसाद
• Form: Masculine, Ablative, Singular

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

• धर्मस्य: of Dharma
• Type: Noun
• Root: धर्म
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

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

• महात्मनः: of the great-souled (one)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महात्मन्
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• अज्ञातवासम्: the incognito residence
• अज्ञातवासम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: अज्ञातवास
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• एवम्: thus
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम्

• तु: but/indeed
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु

• विराट-नगरे: in the city of Virāṭa
• विराट-नगरे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: विराट-नगर
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• अवसन्: they dwelt
• Type: Verb
• Root: वस्
• Form: Imperfect (Laṅ), 3rd, Plural

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Tṛṇabindu
• Dharma (Yama)
• Pāṇḍavas
• Virāṭa
• Virāṭanagara (city of Virāṭa)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Even in concealment and hardship, success is portrayed as resting on dharma and the supportive grace of the righteous; ethical order and noble allies sustain one through trials.

What is happening in the narrative?

The Pāṇḍavas are residing in Virāṭa’s city during their final year of exile, remaining unrecognized; the narrator attributes their safe continuation to the favor of Tṛṇabindu and the protection of Dharma.