Shloka 7

दुर्योधनस्य हास्तिनपुरप्रवेशः

Duryodhana’s Return toward Hastinapura; Karṇa’s Consolation

Devanagari script

धार्रराष्ट्रवर्धं कृत्वा वैराणि प्रतियात्य च । युधिष्ठिरस्थां पृथिवीं द्रक्ष्यसि द्रुपदात्मजे,“ट्रपदकुमारी! तुम शीघ्र ही देखोगी कि धृतराष्ट्रके पुत्रोंको मारकर और पहलेके वैरका भरपूर बदला चुकाकर तुम्हारे पतियोंने विजय पायी है और इस पृथ्वीपर महाराज युधिष्ठिरका अधिकार हो गया है

Transliteration

vaiśampāyana uvāca |

dhārtarāṣṭravardhaṃ kṛtvā vairāṇi pratiyātya ca |

yudhiṣṭhirasthāṃ pṛthivīṃ drakṣyasi drupadātmaje ||

Translation

Vaiśampāyana nói: “Hỡi ái nữ của Drupada, chẳng bao lâu nữa nàng sẽ thấy cõi đất này được đặt vững dưới quyền trị vì chính đáng của Yudhiṣṭhira—sau khi các con trai của Dhṛtarāṣṭra bị đánh gục và mối thù xưa được đền trả trọn vẹn. Khi ấy các phu quân của nàng sẽ giành thắng lợi, hoàn tất sự thanh toán đạo lý mà những sai trái quá khứ đã đòi hỏi.”

Word by Word

• धार्तराष्ट्रान्: the sons of Dhṛtarāṣṭra (the Kauravas)
• धार्तराष्ट्रान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: धार्तराष्ट्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• वर्धम्: increase; prosperity (as an object/goal)
• वर्धम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: वर्ध (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• कृत्वा: having done; having made
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वा (absolutive/gerund), Parasmaipada (usage), Non-finite

• वै: indeed; surely
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वै (निपात)

• वैराणि: enmities; hostilities; feuds
• वैराणि: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: वैर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Plural

• प्रतियात्य: having requited; having paid back (in return)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्रति-या (धातु)
• Form: ल्यप्/क्त्वा-सम (absolutive, irregular form), Parasmaipada (usage), Non-finite

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (निपात)

• युधिष्ठिरस्थाम्: belonging to/under Yudhiṣṭhira; established in Yudhiṣṭhira
• युधिष्ठिरस्थाम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: युधिष्ठिर-स्था (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• पृथिवीम्: the earth; the kingdom
• पृथिवीम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: पृथिवी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• द्रक्ष्यसि: you will see
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश् (धातु)
• Form: Future (लृट्), Second, Singular, Parasmaipada

• द्रुपदात्मजे: O daughter of Drupada
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्रुपद-आत्मजा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine, Vocative, Singular

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Dhṛtarāṣṭra
• sons of Dhṛtarāṣṭra (Kauravas)
• Yudhiṣṭhira
• Drupada
• Draupadī (Drupadātmajā)
• Pṛthivī (the earth/kingdom)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse frames the coming victory as a restoration of rightful order: wrongs generate consequences, and when dharma is violated, justice may require decisive action. It also links political legitimacy (Yudhiṣṭhira’s rule) with moral reckoning (the repayment of long-standing enmity).

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśampāyana addresses Draupadī, predicting that she will soon witness the defeat of Dhṛtarāṣṭra’s sons and the settling of prior hostilities, culminating in the earth/kingdom coming under Yudhiṣṭhira’s sovereignty through her husbands’ victory.