Mahabharata · 4.3.19
॥
Devanāgarī
युधिष्ठिर उवाच
कल्याणं भाषसे कृष्णे कुले जाता यथा वदेत् ॥
न पापम् अभिजानासि साधु साध्वीव्रते स्थिता ॥
Transliteration (IAST)
yudhiṣṭhira uvāca
kalyāṇaṃ bhāṣase kṛṣṇe kule jātā yathā vadet ||
na pāpam abhijānāsi sādhu sādhvīvrate sthitā ||
Word-by-word
SanskritIASTMeaning
युधिष्ठिरyudhiṣṭhiraYudhishthira
उवाचuvācasaid
कल्याणंkalyāṇaṃform of kalyāṇaṃ
भाषसेbhāṣaseyou speak
कृष्णेkṛṣṇeKrishna; Draupadi
कुलेkuleform of kule
जाताjātāborn, arisen
यथाyathāas
वदेत्vadetto say
नnanot
पापम्pāpamform of pāpam
अभिजानासिabhijānāsiform of abhijānāsi
साधुsādhuwell, good
साध्वीव्रतेsādhvīvrateform of sādhvīvrate
स्थिताsthitāstanding, abiding
Translation
Yudhishthira said: "You speak nobly, Krishna, as befits one born in a noble house. You know nothing of wrongdoing; it is good that you stand firm in the vow of a virtuous wife."
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Yudhishthira does not merely grant her permission to go; he acknowledges her moral clarity. In this family Draupadi is no appendage to the heroes but a bearer of her own dignity.