Shloka 45

द्रौपद्याः भीमसेन-प्रबोधनम्

Draupadī Awakens Bhīmasena

Devanagari script

सैरन्ध्युवाच अतीव तेषां घृणिनामर्थेडहं धर्मचारिणी । तस्य तस्यैव ते वध्या येषां ज्येष्ठो5क्षदेविता,सैरन्ध्री बोली--जिनके बड़े भाई सदा जूआ खेला करते हैं, उन दयालु गन्धर्वोंके लिये मैं अत्यन्त धर्मपरायणा रहूँगी। मेरा अपकार करनेवाले दुरात्मा उन सबके लिये वध्य हों

Transliteration

sairandhry uvāca: atīva teṣāṃ ghṛṇinām arthe ’haṃ dharmacāriṇī | tasya tasyaiva te vadhyā yeṣāṃ jyeṣṭho ’kṣadevitā ||

Translation

Sairandhrī said: “For the sake of those compassionate Gandharvas, I shall be steadfastly devoted to dharma. But those wicked men who have wronged me—each and every one of them—are fit to be slain, especially in those households where the eldest is addicted to the dice.”

Word by Word

सैरन्ध्युवाचSairandhrī said

अतीवexceedingly

तेषाम्of them

घृणिनाम्of the compassionate

अर्थेin the matter/purpose

अहम्I

धर्मचारिणीone who practices dharma

तस्यof that (one)

एवindeed/only

तेthey

वध्याःto be slain / deserving death

येषाम्of whom

ज्येष्ठःthe eldest

अक्षदेविताone devoted to dice / gambler

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Sairandhrī (Draupadī)

Gandharvas

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 contrasts steadfast commitment to dharma with the moral condemnation of adharma: compassion and righteousness are upheld, while habitual gambling and wrongdoing are portrayed as destructive vices that merit severe punishment.

What is happening in the narrative?

Draupadī, speaking as Sairandhrī during the Pāṇḍavas’ incognito stay in Virāṭa’s court, declares her righteous intent and invokes the protection/association of Gandharvas, while also pronouncing that those who have harmed her are worthy of being slain—especially men from families marked by an eldest brother addicted to dice.