Shloka 72

गदायुद्धप्रतिज्ञा — The Vow and Terms of the Mace Duel

Devanagari script

अप्रियाणां च वचनैद्रौपद्या: कर्षणेन च । एतस्मात्‌ कारणात्‌ पाप जीवितं ते न विद्यते

Transliteration

apriyāṇāṃ ca vacanair draupadyāḥ karṣaṇena ca | etasmāt kāraṇāt pāpa jīvitaṃ te na vidyate ||

Translation

尤提士提罗说道：“因你出言粗暴、侮辱，又以蛮力拖拽德劳帕蒂——罪人啊！——正因这些行径，你的性命将不再存留。”

Word by Word

• अप्रियाणाम्: of unpleasant (things/words)
• अप्रियाणाम्: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अप्रिय
• Form: Neuter, Genitive, Plural

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• वचनैः: by words/speeches
• वचनैः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: वचन
• Form: Neuter, Instrumental, Plural

• द्रौपद्याः: of Draupadī
• द्रौपद्याः: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्रौपदी
• Form: Feminine, Genitive, Singular

• कर्षणेन: by dragging/pulling
• कर्षणेन: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: कर्षण
• Form: Neuter, Instrumental, Singular

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• एतस्मात्: from this
• एतस्मात्: Apadana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: एतद्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Ablative, Singular

• कारणात्: from (this) cause/reason
• कारणात्: Apadana
• Type: Noun
• Root: कारण
• Form: Neuter, Ablative, Singular

• पाप: O sinner/wretch
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाप
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• जीवितम्: life
• जीवितम्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: जीवित
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• ते: for you / of you
• ते: Sampradana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: त्वद्
• Form: —, Genitive, Singular

• न: not
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न

• विद्यते: exists / is found
• Type: Verb
• Root: विद् (विद्+यते; √विद् in sense 'to exist/be found')
• Form: Present, Ātmanepada, Third, Singular

Speaker

युधिछिर उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Yudhiṣṭhira
• Draupadī

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Abusive speech and the humiliation of a virtuous person—especially the violent dishonoring of a woman—are grave adharma. Such acts invite inevitable retribution; moral order (dharma) demands accountability.

What is happening in the narrative?

Yudhiṣṭhira recalls the outrage done to Draupadī—both the cruel words spoken to her and her being dragged—and declares that these crimes ensure the offender’s destruction, framing the coming punishment as a consequence of adharma.