Shloka 36

द्रौपदी-शैब्यसंवादः — Draupadī’s Identification and Counsel on Hospitality

Devanagari script

विषीदथ: कि कौरव्यौ बालिश्यात्‌ प्राकृताविव

Transliteration

viṣīdathaḥ ki kauravyau bāliśyāt prākṛtāv iva

Translation

اے کوروَو کے شہزادوں! محض بچکانہ نادانی سے تم دونوں عام، غیر مہذب آدمیوں کی طرح کیوں افسردگی میں ڈوبتے ہو؟

Word by Word

• विषीदथः: you two grieve / despond
• विषीदथः: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: वि-सीद्
• Form: लट्, परस्मैपदम्, मध्यम, द्विवचनम्

• किम्: why?
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: किम्

• कौरव्यौ: O two Kauravas
• कौरव्यौ: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: कौरव्य
• Form: पुंलिङ्गम्, प्रथमा, द्विवचनम्

• बालिश्यात्: from foolishness
• बालिश्यात्: Apadana
• Type: Noun
• Root: बालिश्य
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गम्, पञ्चमी, एकवचनम्

• प्राकृतौ: uncultured / common (persons)
• प्राकृतौ: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्राकृत
• Form: पुंलिङ्गम्, प्रथमा, द्विवचनम्

• इव: like, as if
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इव

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Kauravas (two princes addressed)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse censures despair born of immaturity and urges a kṣatriya-like steadiness of mind: one should not collapse into grief like an untrained person, but meet circumstances with composure and discernment.

What is happening in the narrative?

The narrator Vaiśampāyana reports a rebuke addressed to two Kaurava princes who have become downcast; the speaker questions their dejection and attributes it to childish folly, contrasting it with the expected firmness of noble lineage.