Shloka 6

सत्यभामया द्रौपद्याश्वासनम्

Satyabhāmā’s Consolation of Draupadī

Devanagari script

स शैलं मानसं गत्वा ध्यायन्नर्थमिदं भृशम्‌ | शुश्रावार्तस्वरं घोरमथ मुक्त स्त्रिया तदा,इसी बातका बार-बार विचार करते हुए इन्द्र मानसपर्वतपर गये। वहाँ उन्हें एक स्त्रीके मुखसे निकला हुआ भयंकर आर्तनाद सुनायी दिया

Transliteration

sa śailaṃ mānasaṃ gatvā dhyāyann artham idaṃ bhṛśam | śuśrāvārta-svaraṃ ghoraṃ atha muktaḥ striyā tadā ||

Translation

Habang masidhing pinag-iisipan ang bagay na iyon, nagtungo si Indra sa bundok na Mānasā. Doon, sa sandaling iyon, narinig niya ang isang nakapanghihilakbot na sigaw ng pagdadalamhati mula sa bibig ng isang babae.

Word by Word

• सः: he
• सः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• शैलम्: mountain
• शैलम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: शैल
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• मानसम्: named Mānas(a); of Mānas
• मानसम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मानस
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• गत्वा: having gone
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम्
• Form: क्त्वा (absolutive/gerund), Parasmaipada (usage-neutral)

• ध्यायन्: thinking/meditating
• Type: Verb
• Root: ध्यै
• Form: शतृ (present active participle), Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• अर्थम्: meaning/purpose/matter
• अर्थम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: अर्थ
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• इदम्: this
• इदम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: इदम्
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• भृशम्: exceedingly, greatly
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: भृशम्

• शुश्राव: heard
• Type: Verb
• Root: श्रु
• Form: Perfect (Liṭ), Third, Singular, Parasmaipada

• आर्तस्वरम्: a distressed cry (lamenting sound)
• आर्तस्वरम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: आर्तस्वर
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• घोरम्: terrible
• घोरम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: घोर
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• अथ: then
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथ

• मुक्तः: uttered/released
• Type: Verb
• Root: मुच्
• Form: क्त (past passive participle), Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• स्त्रिया: by a woman
• स्त्रिया: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्त्री
• Form: Feminine, Instrumental, Singular

• तदा: at that time
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तदा

Speaker

युधिषछ्िर उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Mānasa mountain
• a woman (unnamed)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse foregrounds dharma as responsiveness: intense reflection must yield to compassionate action when suffering is heard. A righteous person treats another’s distress as an immediate moral summons.

What is happening in the narrative?

After reaching the Mānasā mountain and repeatedly thinking over a certain matter, the protagonist hears a terrifying cry of anguish from a woman, signaling a new incident that demands attention and intervention.