Shloka 8

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

Draupadī on Action, Fate, and Human Effort

Devanagari script

भवत: प्रियमित्येवं महद्‌ व्यसनमीदृशम्‌ । धर्मकामे प्रतीतस्य प्रतिपन्ना: सम भारत,भारत! आप धर्मकी इच्छा रखनेवाले हैं; इस रूपमें आपकी प्रसिद्धि है। अतः आपकी प्रिय अभिलाषा सिद्ध हो, इसीलिये हमलोग ऐसे महान्‌ संकटमें पड़ गये हैं

Transliteration

bhavataḥ priyam ity evaṁ mahad vyasanam īdṛśam | dharmakāme pratītasya pratipannāḥ sma bhārata ||

Translation

毗湿摩波耶那说道：“只因我们一心求取你所欢喜之事，才坠入这般巨大的灾厄。你素以向法（dharma）而行闻名；因此，为使你珍爱的愿望得以成就，我们才来到这沉重的困厄之中，噢，婆罗多。”

Word by Word

भवतःof you/your

प्रियम्dear, pleasing (thing)

इतिthus/so (quotative)

एवम्in this manner

महत्great

व्यसनम्calamity, misfortune

ईदृशम्such (of this kind)

धर्मकामेin one who desires dharma (righteousness)

प्रतीतस्यof the well-known/recognized (one)

प्रतिपन्नाःhaving entered into; having fallen into; having resorted to

सम्together; wholly (prefix-like particle)

भारतO Bharata

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

Bhārata (addressee, descendant of Bharata)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Good intentions aimed at pleasing a righteous person (dharmakāma) can still lead to severe adversity; the verse highlights the ethical tension between intention, reputation for dharma, and the unforeseen consequences of actions taken to fulfill another’s wish.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśampāyana addresses “Bhārata,” explaining that “we” have come into a great calamity precisely because they acted to accomplish what the addressee desired, relying on his known commitment to dharma.