Shloka 7

कामीकवने द्रौपदी-दर्शनम्

Draupadī Observed at the Kāmyaka Hermitage

Devanagari script

विमुच्य पथि यानानि देशे सुयवसोदके । संनिविष्ट: शुभे रम्ये भूमिभागे यथेप्सितम्‌

Transliteration

vimucya pathi yānāni deśe suyavasodake | saṃniviṣṭaḥ śubhe ramye bhūmibhāge yathepsitam ||

Translation

毗舍ṃ波耶那说：他在路旁解下车驾，把车辆安置妥当，便依其所愿，在一处吉祥宜人的地段安营歇息；那里水草丰美，足以供养行旅。

Word by Word

विमुच्यhaving released/left behind

पथिon the road/way

यानानिvehicles/carts

देशेin a place/region

सुयवस-उदकेin (a place) with good grass and water

संनिविष्टःhaving settled/encamped; seated

शुभेin an auspicious (place)

रम्येin a delightful/pleasant (place)

भूमिभागेon a tract/portion of ground

यथाas/according to

ईप्सितम्desired; as wished

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśaṃpāyana

yānāni (vehicles/conveyances)

patha (road)

deśa (place/region)

bhūmibhāga (tract of land)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Even in transit, one should act with foresight and restraint—release burdens, choose an auspicious and resource-rich resting place, and maintain orderly conduct. Practical wisdom (selecting grass and water for men and animals) is presented as part of dharmic living.

What is happening in the narrative?

The narrator describes a halt during travel: the conveyances are unyoked and left by the roadside, and the party (or leader) settles on a pleasant, auspicious patch of land where grass and water are readily available.