Shloka 41

द्रौपद्याः भीमसेन-प्रबोधनम्

Draupadī Awakens Bhīmasena

Devanagari script

भर्तारमनुरुन्धन्त्य: क्लिश्यन्ते वीरपत्नय: । शुश्रूषया क्लिश्यमाना: पतिलोकं॑ जयन्त्युत,“पतिका अनुसरण करनेवाली वीरपत्नियाँ सब क्लेश चुपचाप सहन कर लेती हैं। जो पतिसेवापूर्वक क्लेश उठाती हैं, वे साध्वी देवियाँ पतिलोकपर विजय पा लेती हैं

Transliteration

bhartāram anurundhantyaḥ kliśyante vīrapatnyaḥ | śuśrūṣayā kliśyamānāḥ patilokaṃ jayanti uta |

Translation

Vaiśampāyana said: “The wives of heroes, devotedly following their husbands, silently endure hardship. Those virtuous women who bear suffering through faithful service to their husbands attain victory in the realm of their husbands (i.e., the blessed state won through wifely devotion).”

Word by Word

भर्तारम्husband (as object)

अनुरुन्धन्त्यःfollowing/attending upon

क्लिश्यन्तेsuffer, are afflicted

वीरपत्नयःwives of heroes

शुश्रूषयाby service/attendance

क्लिश्यमानाःbeing afflicted/suffering

पतिलोकम्the world/realm of the husband

जयन्तिconquer, attain victory over

उतand/also/indeed

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

vīrapatnī (wives of heroes)

bhartṛ/pati (husband)

patiloka (husband’s realm)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse praises steadfast marital devotion and patient endurance: a virtuous wife who serves and supports her husband even amid hardship is said to gain spiritual success, expressed as ‘conquering’ or attaining the husband’s blessed realm (patiloka).

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśampāyana offers a reflective, dharma-oriented statement about the conduct and merit of heroic warriors’ wives, emphasizing their quiet endurance and the spiritual fruit attributed to such devoted service.