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देशकालौ उपायान् च मङ्गलम् स्वस्ति वृद्धये युनक्ति मेधया धीरः यथाशक्ति यथाबलम्deśakālau upāyān ca maṅgalam svasti vṛddhaye yunakti medhayā dhīraḥ yathāśakti yathābalamPlace, time, means, auspicious signs, and welfare for growth — the wise man unites these through intelligence, according to his strength and capacity.
अप्रमत्तेन तत् कार्यम् उपदेष्टा पराक्रमः भूयिष्ठम् कर्मयोगेषु सर्वः एव पराक्रमःapramattena tat kāryam upadeṣṭā parākramaḥ bhūyiṣṭham karmayogeṣu sarvaḥ eva parākramaḥThis must be done without carelessness; the true guide is effort — in the combination of endeavors, almost everything is effort.
यम् तु धीरः अन्ववेक्षेत श्रेयांसम् बहुभिः गुणैः साम्ना एव अर्थम् ततः लिप्सेत् कर्म च अस्मै प्रयोजयेत्yam tu dhīraḥ anvavekṣeta śreyāṃsam bahubhiḥ guṇaiḥ sāmnā eva artham tataḥ lipset karma ca asmai prayojayetWhomever the wise man perceives to excel in many qualities, from him he should seek his aim through conciliation, and direct his actions toward him.
व्यसनम् वा अस्य काङ्क्षेत विनाशम् वा युधिष्ठिर अपि सिन्धोः गिरेः वा अपि किम् पुनः मर्त्यधर्मिणःvyasanam vā asya kāṅkṣeta vināśam vā yudhiṣṭhira api sindhoḥ gireḥ vā api kim punaḥ martyadharmiṇaḥor wish for his misfortune or ruin, Yudhishthira — even the ocean or a mountain has its weak point, how much more a mortal being
उत्थानयुक्तः सततम् परेषाम् अन्तरैषणे आनृण्यम् आप्नोति नरः परस्य आत्मनः एव चutthānayuktaḥ satatam pareṣām antaraiṣaṇe ānṛṇyam āpnoti naraḥ parasya ātmanaḥ eva caA man constantly joined to effort, seeking out the weak points of others, attains freedom from debt both toward another and toward himself.
न च एव आत्मा अवमन्तव्यः पुरुषेण कदा चन न हि आत्मपरिभूतस्य भूतिः भवति भारतna ca eva ātmā avamantavyaḥ puruṣeṇa kadā cana na hi ātmaparibhūtasya bhūtiḥ bhavati bhārataA man must never despise himself, for one who despises himself has no prosperity, O Bharata.
एवम् संस्थितिका सिद्धिः इयम् लोकस्य भारत चित्रा सिद्धिगतिः प्रोक्ता कालावस्थाविभागतःevam saṃsthitikā siddhiḥ iyam lokasya bhārata citrā siddhigatiḥ proktā kālāvasthāvibhāgataḥThus is success ordered in this world, O Bharata; the path of success is said to be manifold according to the division of time and circumstance.
ब्राह्मणम् मे पिता पूर्वम् वासयाम् आस पण्डितम् सः अस्मै अर्थम् इमम् प्राह पित्रे मे भरतर्षभbrāhmaṇam me pitā pūrvam vāsayām āsa paṇḍitam saḥ asmai artham imam prāha pitre me bharatarṣabhaMy father once gave lodging to a learned brahmin; he related this teaching to my father, O bull of the Bharatas.
नीतिम् बृहस्पतिप्रोक्ताम् भ्रातॄन् मे अग्राहयत् पुरा तेषाम् सांकथ्यम् अश्रौषम् अहम् एतत् तदा गृहेnītim bṛhaspatiproktām bhrātṝn me agrāhayat purā teṣām sāṃkathyam aśrauṣam aham etat tadā gṛheHe formerly instructed my brothers in the statecraft spoken by Brihaspati; I heard their discourse then, in the house.
स माम् राजन् कर्मवतीम् आगताम् आह सान्त्वयन् शुश्रूषमाणाम् आसीनाम् पितुः अङ्के युधिष्ठिरsa mām rājan karmavatīm āgatām āha sāntvayan śuśrūṣamāṇām āsīnām pituḥ aṅke yudhiṣṭhiraConsoling me, he spoke this to me, O king, when I had come from my task and sat listening on my father's lap, Yudhishthira.
देशकालाव्deśakālāvoriginal form "deśakālāv", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
उपायांश्upāyāṃśoriginal form "upāyāṃś", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
मङ्गलंmaṅgalaṃoriginal form "maṅgalaṃ", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
धीरोdhīrooriginal form "dhīro", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
भूयिष्ठंbhūyiṣṭhaṃoriginal form "bhūyiṣṭhaṃ", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
सर्वsarvaoriginal form "sarva", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
यंyaṃoriginal form "yaṃ", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
धीरोdhīrooriginal form "dhīro", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
ऽन्ववेक्षेत'nvavekṣetaoriginal form "'nvavekṣeta", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
श्रेयांसंśreyāṃsaṃoriginal form "śreyāṃsaṃ", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
बहुभिर्bahubhiroriginal form "bahubhir", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
साम्नैवार्थंsāmnaivārthaṃoriginal form "sāmnaivārthaṃ", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
ततोtatooriginal form "tato", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
चास्मैcāsmaioriginal form "cāsmai", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
व्यसनंvyasanaṃoriginal form "vyasanaṃ", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
वास्यvāsyaoriginal form "vāsya", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
विनाशंvināśaṃoriginal form "vināśaṃ", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
सिन्धोर्sindhororiginal form "sindhor", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
गिरेर्gireroriginal form "girer", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
वापिvāpioriginal form "vāpi", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
किंkiṃoriginal form "kiṃ", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
पुनर्punaroriginal form "punar", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
सततंsatataṃoriginal form "satataṃ", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
परस्यात्मनparasyātmanaoriginal form "parasyātmana", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
चैवात्मावमन्तव्यःcaivātmāvamantavyaḥoriginal form "caivātmāvamantavyaḥ", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
ह्य्hyoriginal form "hy", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
भूतिर्bhūtiroriginal form "bhūtir", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
एवंevaṃoriginal form "evaṃ", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
सिद्धिर्siddhiroriginal form "siddhir", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
इयंiyaṃoriginal form "iyaṃ", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
ब्राह्मणंbrāhmaṇaṃoriginal form "brāhmaṇaṃ", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
पूर्वंpūrvaṃoriginal form "pūrvaṃ", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
सोsooriginal form "so", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
ऽस्मा'smāoriginal form "'smā", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
इमंimaṃoriginal form "imaṃ", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
नीतिंnītiṃoriginal form "nītiṃ", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
बृहस्पतिप्रोक्तांbṛhaspatiproktāṃoriginal form "bṛhaspatiproktāṃ", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
ऽग्राहयत्'grāhayatoriginal form "'grāhayat", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
तेषांteṣāṃoriginal form "teṣāṃ", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
मांmāṃoriginal form "māṃ", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
आसीनांāsīnāṃoriginal form "āsīnāṃ", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
पितुर्pituroriginal form "pitur", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
Draupadi reveals the source of her political wisdom. She speaks not only as an insulted wife, but as a king's daughter, trained in the science of governance. Her call to action rests on knowledge of time, means, and human dignity.