Shloka 6

कामीकवने द्रौपदी-दर्शनम्

Draupadī Observed at the Kāmyaka Hermitage

Devanagari script

स्वपुरं प्रययौ राजा चतुरंगबलानुग: । शोकोपहतया बुद्धया चिन्तयान: पराभवम्‌,राजा दुर्योधनकी बुद्धि शोकसे मारी गयी थी। वह अपने अपमानपर विचार करता हुआ चतुरंगिणी सेनाके साथ नगरकी ओर चल पड़ा

Transliteration

svapuraṁ prayayau rājā caturaṅgabalānugaḥ | śokopahatayā buddhyā cintayānaḥ parābhavam ||

Translation

Vaiśampāyana nói: Nhà vua lên đường trở về kinh thành của mình, có bốn binh chủng hộ tống. Trí xét đoán bị nỗi sầu khổ đánh gục, ông cứ mãi nghiền ngẫm về thất bại và nỗi nhục của mình khi rời đi.

Word by Word

स्वपुरम्to his own city

प्रययौwent / set out

राजाthe king

चतुरङ्गबलानुगःfollowed by the fourfold army

शोकोपहतयाby (a mind) struck by grief

बुद्ध्याwith/by (his) mind

चिन्तयन्thinking, reflecting

पराभवम्defeat, humiliation

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

Duryodhana

svapura (his city/capital)

caturaṅga-bala (fourfold army)

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Unchecked grief and wounded pride can cloud discernment (buddhi), pushing a ruler toward further harmful choices; ethical clarity requires steadiness of mind even after defeat.

What is happening in the narrative?

Duryodhana, mentally overwhelmed by sorrow and brooding on his setback, leaves with his fourfold army and heads back to his own city.