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Shloka 15

Draupadī’s Lament and Theodicy: Dharma, Dice, and Īśvara’s Governance (Āraṇyaka-parva 31)

अतो नाहसि कल्याणि धातारं धर्ममेव च | राज्ञि मूढेन मनसा क्षेप्तुं शड्कितुमेव च,अतः कल्याणमयी महारानी द्रौपदी! तुम्हें मूर्खतायुक्त मनके द्वारा ईश्वर और धर्मपर आक्षेप एवं आशंका नहीं करनी चाहिये

ato nāhasi kalyāṇi dhātāraṃ dharmam eva ca | rājñi mūḍhena manasā kṣeptuṃ śaṅkitum eva ca ||

Vì vậy, hỡi người nữ cát tường, nàng chớ để tâm trí mê muội chi phối mà trách cứ Đấng An Bài (Dhātṛ) hay Dharma, cũng chớ nuôi giữ một mảy nghi ngờ đối với các Ngài.

अतःtherefore
अतः:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअतः
not
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
अर्हसिyou ought / you are fit
अर्हसि:
TypeVerb
Rootअर्ह्
FormLat (present indicative), 2, singular, parasmaipada
कल्याणिO auspicious lady
कल्याणि:
TypeNoun
Rootकल्याणी
Formfeminine, vocative, singular
धातारम्the Creator (Dhātṛ)
धातारम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootधातृ
Formmasculine, accusative, singular
धर्मम्dharma, righteousness
धर्मम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootधर्म
Formmasculine, accusative, singular
एवindeed, just
एव:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootएव
and
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
राज्ञिO queen
राज्ञि:
TypeNoun
Rootराज्ञी
Formfeminine, vocative, singular
मूढेनby deluded
मूढेन:
Karana
TypeAdjective
Rootमूढ
Formneuter, instrumental, singular
मनसाby mind
मनसा:
Karana
TypeNoun
Rootमनस्
Formneuter, instrumental, singular
क्षेप्तुम्to censure / to cast aspersions
क्षेप्तुम्:
TypeVerb
Rootक्षिप्
Formtumun (infinitive)
शङ्कितुम्to doubt / to suspect
शङ्कितुम्:
TypeVerb
Rootशङ्क्
Formtumun (infinitive)
एवindeed
एव:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootएव
and
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root

युधिछिर उवाच

Y
Yudhiṣṭhira
D
Draupadī
D
Dhātṛ (the Ordainer/Creator)
D
Dharma

Educational Q&A

One should not, in confusion and grief, accuse God (the Ordainer) or doubt Dharma; ethical steadiness requires trust in the moral order and restraint of reactive judgment.

In the forest-exile context, Yudhiṣṭhira addresses Draupadī as queen and consoles her, warning her not to let a bewildered mind turn suffering into blame or suspicion toward the divine and Dharma.