Shloka 93

Devanagari script

येषां कुशलकामासि ते5पि कच्चिदनामया: । उसने अपने छ: भाइयोंके साथ स्वयं सातवाँ बनकर द्रौपदीके पवित्र आश्रममें प्रवेश किया, मानो कोई भेड़िया सिंहकी माँदमें घुसा हो। वहाँ जाकर उसने द्रौपदीसे इस प्रकार कहा--“वरारोहे! तुम कुशलसे हो न? तुम्हारे पति नीरोग तो हैं न? इनके सिवा और जिन लोगोंको तुम सकुशल देखना चाहती हो, वे सभी स्वस्थ तो हैं न?

Transliteration

Vaiśaṃpāyana uvāca— yeṣāṃ kuśala-kāmāsi te 'pi kaccid anāmayāḥ |

Translation

毗耶娑之传人毗湿摩波耶那说道：“你所牵念其安康的人们，也都无病平安么？”（在叙事中，那闯入者与六个兄弟同来，自为第七人，潜入德劳帕蒂清净的林居，如狼溜入狮穴；继而以伪装的恭敬问候德劳帕蒂，询其安否、诸夫君是否康健，并问她所愿见之人是否皆得平安。）

Word by Word

येषाम्of whom / whose

कुशलकामdesiring the welfare (of others)

असिyou are

तेthey

अपिalso / even

कच्चित्I hope? / is it the case that...?

अनामयाःfree from illness / healthy

Speaker

वैशग्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśaṃpāyana

Draupadī

Pāṇḍavas (her husbands)

the intruder with six brothers (seven together)

Draupadī’s āśrama (hermitage)

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?

The verse highlights the ethical contrast between outward politeness and inward malice: courteous inquiries about welfare can be used as a mask for harmful intent. In dharma-terms, speech (vāk) should align with intention (bhāva); when it does not, it becomes a tool of adharma, especially when directed at those in a protected or sacred setting.

What is happening in the narrative?

A hostile figure enters Draupadī’s sacred hermitage accompanied by his six brothers (seven in all), compared to a wolf entering a lion’s den. He then addresses Draupadī with seemingly respectful questions about her health, the health of her husbands, and the safety of others dear to her—setting a tense atmosphere of concealed threat.