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

Vaiśampāyana nói: “Vì sao hai vương tử Kaurava các ngươi lại chìm trong u sầu—như kẻ phàm tục thô lậu—chỉ vì sự dại dột trẻ con?”

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.