Shloka 77

अध्याय ३३ — कर्म, दैव, हठ, स्वभाव और पुरुषार्थ पर द्रौपदी का उपदेश

Draupadī on Action, Fate, and Human Effort

Devanagari script

यन्न मोहान्न कार्पण्यान्न लोभान्न भयादपि । अनृतं किंचिदुक्त ते न कामान्नार्थकारणात्‌,“उनका कहना है कि आपने कभी न तो मोहसे, न दीनतासे, न लोभसे, न भयसे, न कामनासे और न धनके ही कारणसे किंचिन्मात्र भी असत्य भाषण किया है

Transliteration

yan na mohān na kārpaṇyān na lobhān na bhayād api | anṛtaṃ kiñcid uktaṃ te na kāmān nārtha-kāraṇāt ||

Translation

毗湿摩波耶那说道：“他们宣称：陛下从未说过哪怕一丝虚妄之言——不因迷惑，不因怯懦，不因贪欲，甚至不因恐惧；不为情欲，也不为任何财利。”

Word by Word

यत्that which

नnot

मोहात्from delusion / out of delusion

नnor

कार्पण्यात्from wretchedness / meanness

नnor

लोभात्from greed

नnor

भयात्from fear

अपिeven / also

अनृतम्untruth

किञ्चित्anything (even a little)

उक्तम्spoken / said

तेby you / of you (your)

नnot

कामात्from desire

नnor

अर्थकारणात्from the cause of wealth / for monetary reasons

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

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 praises satya (truthfulness) as a stable virtue: a truly righteous person does not resort to falsehood under inner weaknesses (delusion, cowardice) or external pressures (fear), nor for temptations (desire, profit).

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśampāyana reports what others are saying about the addressed person’s character—specifically, that the person’s reputation for unwavering truthfulness is so strong that no common motive for lying is found in them.