Shloka 7

द्रौपद्याः शोकवचनम्

Draupadī’s Lament and Indictment of Misfortune

Devanagari script

सैरन्ध्युवाच तस्मिज्जीवति पापिष्ठे सेनावाहे मम द्विषि

Transliteration

sairandhryuvāca tasmiñ jīvati pāpiṣṭhe senāvāhe mama dviṣi

Translation

ไซรันธรีกล่าวว่า “ตราบใดที่คนชั่วช้าที่สุดนั้น—ศัตรูของข้า ผู้เป็นแม่ทัพแห่งกองทัพ—ยังมีชีวิตอยู่…”

Word by Word

• सैरन्ध्युः: Sairandhrī (Draupadī in disguise)
• सैरन्ध्युः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: सैरन्ध्य् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• उवाच: said
• उवाच: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु)
• Form: Perfect (Liṭ), Third, Singular

• तस्मिन्: in/while that (one)
• तस्मिन्: Adhikarana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Locative, Singular

• जीवति: is living; lives
• जीवति: Adhikarana
• Type: Verb
• Root: जीव् (धातु)
• Form: Present (Laṭ), Third, Singular

• पापिष्ठे: in/with the most wicked (man)
• पापिष्ठे: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पापिष्ठ (प्रातिपदिक; superlative of पाप)
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• सेनावाहे: in the army-leader/commander
• सेनावाहे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: सेनावाह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• मम: my
• मम: Sampradana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: —, Genitive, Singular

• द्विषि: in/with (my) enemy
• द्विषि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्विष् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sairandhrī (Draupadī in disguise)
• the senāvāha (army-commander; the enemy referred to)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The line highlights the moral urgency felt by the wronged: as long as a grievously unjust aggressor remains unpunished, the wound to honor and dharma feels unresolved. It frames retribution not as mere anger but as a demand for justice against blatant wrongdoing.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sairandhrī (Draupadī, living incognito in Virāṭa’s court) speaks about her enemy—the army-commander who has wronged her—declaring that as long as that wicked man lives, her grievance remains active and unresolved.