Shloka 35

द्रौपदी-स्वयंवर-प्रारम्भः

Commencement of Draupadī’s Svayaṃvara

Devanagari script

ब्राह्मण उवाच यस्मादभोज्यमन्नं मे ददाति स नृपाधम: । तस्मात्‌ तस्यैव मूढस्य भविष्यत्यत्र लोलुपा,ब्राह्मणने कहा--वह नीच राजा मुझे न खाने-योग्य अन्न दे रहा है, अतः उसी मूर्खकी जिह्ठा ऐसे अन्नके लिये लालायित रहेगी

Transliteration

brāhmaṇa uvāca | yasmād abhojyam annaṁ me dadāti sa nṛpādhamaḥ | tasmāt tasyaiva mūḍhasya bhaviṣyaty atra lolupā ||

Translation

Vị Bà-la-môn nói: “Vì tên vua hèn mạt ấy dâng cho ta món ăn không thể dùng, nên chính lưỡi của kẻ ngu đó, ngay trong việc này, sẽ tham lam thèm khát thứ đồ ăn như thế.”

Word by Word

ब्राह्मणःthe Brahmin

उवाचsaid

यस्मात्because/from whom

अभोज्यम्uneatable, unfit to be eaten

अन्नम्food

मेto me

ददातिgives

सःhe

नृपाधमःthe worst of kings, base king

तस्मात्therefore/from that

तस्यof him

एवindeed, just

मूढस्यof the foolish one

भविष्यतिwill be/will become

अत्रhere, in this matter

लोलुपाgreedy (tongue/urge)

Speaker

ब्राह्मण उवाच

Characters & Entities

ब

ब्राह्मण (Brahmin speaker)

न

नृप (king)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

A ruler’s duty includes righteous giving; offering unfit or improper food is an ethical failure. Such wrongdoing rebounds as a fitting consequence—here, a degrading craving—illustrating karmic retribution and the moral weight of hospitality and purity.

What is happening in the narrative?

A Brahmin condemns a king for giving him food that should not be eaten. In response, he declares a consequence: the king will develop a greedy craving connected to that very unwholesome food, functioning as a curse-like moral judgment within the story.