Mahabharata · 2.2.6–7
॥
Devanāgarī
तया स्वजनगामीनि श्रावितो वचनानि सः ॥
संपूजितश् चाप्य् असकृच् छिरसा चाभिवादितः ॥
ताम् अनुज्ञाप्य वार्ष्णेयः प्रतिनन्द्य च भामिनीम् ॥
ददर्शानन्तरं कृष्णां धौम्यं चापि जनार्दनः ॥
Transliteration (IAST)
tayā svajanagāmīni śrāvito vacanāni saḥ ||
saṃpūjitaś cāpy asakṛc chirasā cābhivāditaḥ ||
tām anujñāpya vārṣṇeyaḥ pratinandya ca bhāminīm ||
dadarśānantaraṃ kṛṣṇāṃ dhaumyaṃ cāpi janārdanaḥ ||
Word-by-word
SanskritIASTMeaning
तया स्व-जन-गामीनिtayā sva-jana-gāmīniby her [Subhadra], directed to her kin,
श्रावितः वचनानि सःśrāvitaḥ vacanāni saḥhe was informed with words;
संपूजितः च अपि असकृत्saṃpūjitaḥ ca api asakṛtand honored more than once,
शिरसा च अभिवादितःśirasā ca abhivāditaḥand greeted with the head;
ताम् अनुज्ञाप्य वार्ष्णेयःtām anujñāpya vārṣṇeyaḥhaving taken leave of her, Varshneya,
प्रतिनन्द्य च भामिनीम्pratinandya ca bhāminīmand having greeted the lovely one,
ददर्श अनन्तरम् कृष्णाम्dadarśa anantaram kṛṣṇāmthen saw Krishna [Draupadi]
धौम्यम् च अपि जनार्दनःdhaumyam ca api janārdanaḥand Dhaumya, Janardana.
स्वजनगामीनिsvajanagāmīnioriginal form "svajanagāmīni", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
श्रावितोśrāvitooriginal form "śrāvito", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
संपूजितश्saṃpūjitaśoriginal form "saṃpūjitaś", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
चाप्य्cāpyoriginal form "cāpy", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
असकृच्asakṛcoriginal form "asakṛc", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
छिरसाchirasāoriginal form "chirasā", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
चाभिवादितःcābhivāditaḥoriginal form "cābhivāditaḥ", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
ददर्शानन्तरंdadarśānantaraṃoriginal form "dadarśānantaraṃ", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
कृष्णांkṛṣṇāṃoriginal form "kṛṣṇāṃ", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
धौम्यंdhaumyaṃoriginal form "dhaumyaṃ", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
चापिcāpioriginal form "cāpi", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
Translation
"Subhadra conveyed to him messages for her kin; and he was honored by her more than once and greeted with a bow. Having taken leave of her and greeted the lovely one, Varshneya then saw Draupadi and Dhaumya."
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Here the farewells proceed in turn, passing no one by. It is significant that the Lord accepts His sister's messages to her kin — He does not disregard even the small errand of a loving heart. This reveals His accessibility: the great one stoops to the concerns of those dear to Him. Thus scripture shows Krishna's attentiveness to each person; and He now turns to the priest and to Draupadi.