Shloka 22

धृतराष्ट्रस्य युधिष्ठिरं प्रति व्यवहार-रक्षा-नियमनोपदेशः | Dhṛtarāṣṭra’s Instruction on Administration, Punishment, and Daily Governance

Devanagari script

कृष्णाजिनोपसंवीतो हृताभरणभूषण: । सार्थ पाज्चालपुत्र्या त्वं राजानमुपजग्मिवान्‌

Transliteration

kṛṣṇājinopasaṃvīto hṛtābharaṇabhūṣaṇaḥ | sārtha pāñcālaputryā tvaṃ rājānam upajagmivān ||

Translation

毗湿摩波耶那说道：“你披着黑羚羊皮，身上华饰尽被夺去，与般遮罗之女一同前往觐见国王——这表明你有意拥抱苦行，背离王者的华丽，转入出离的戒律。”

Word by Word

• कृष्णाजिनोपसंवीतः: clad with a black antelope-skin (as upper garment)
• कृष्णाजिनोपसंवीतः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कृष्णाजिन + उपसंवीत
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• हृताभरणभूषणः: whose ornaments and adornments were taken away
• हृताभरणभूषणः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: हृत + आभरण + भूषण
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• सार्थम्: together (with), in company
• सार्थम्: Karana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सार्थम्

• पाञ्चालपुत्र्या: with the daughter of the Panchalas (Draupadi)
• पाञ्चालपुत्र्या: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाञ्चालपुत्री
• Form: Feminine, Instrumental, Singular

• त्वम्: you
• त्वम्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद्
• Form: Nominative, Singular

• राजानम्: the king
• राजानम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजन्
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• उपजग्मिवान्: went to / approached
• Type: Verb
• Root: उप + गम्
• Form: Perfect (periphrastic perfect participle used finitely), 3rd, Singular, Masculine

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Draupadī (Pāñcālaputrī)
• the king (rājā)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights the ethical shift from worldly status to disciplined simplicity: removing ornaments and wearing an ascetic skin symbolizes restraint, humility, and readiness to follow dharma through renunciation rather than through display of power or wealth.

What is happening in the narrative?

The speaker describes someone approaching the king in the company of Draupadī, no longer adorned as a royal figure but dressed in ascetic garb, indicating a transition into an āśrama-like life and a solemn, duty-bound encounter rather than a courtly one.