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द्रौपदी उवाचdraupadī uvācaDraupadi said
अत्र अपि उदाहरन्ति इमम् इतिहासम् पुरातनम् प्रह्लादस्य च संवादम् बलेः वैरोचनस्य चatra api udāharanti imam itihāsam purātanam prahlādasya ca saṃvādam baleḥ vairocanasya cahere they also cite this ancient story, the dialogue of Prahlada and Bali Vairochani
असुरेन्द्रम् महाप्राज्ञम् धर्माणाम् आगतागमम् बलिः पप्रच्छ दैत्येन्द्रम् प्रह्लादम् पितरम् पितुःasurendram mahāprājñam dharmāṇām āgatāgamam baliḥ papraccha daityendram prahlādam pitaram pituḥBali asked the lord of the asuras, the greatly wise king of the daityas, Prahlada, his father's father, who knew the coming and going of the dharmas
क्षमा स्वित् श्रेयसी तात उत अहो तेजः इति उत एतत् मे संशयम् तात यथावत् ब्रूहि पृच्छतेkṣamā svit śreyasī tāta uta aho tejaḥ iti uta etat me saṃśayam tāta yathāvat brūhi pṛcchatewhich is better, father: patience or strength? Explain this doubt of mine properly to me, as I ask
श्रेयः यत् अत्र धर्मज्ञ ब्रूहि मे तत् असंशयम् करिष्यामि हि तत् सर्वम् यथावत् अनुशासनम्śreyaḥ yat atra dharmajña brūhi me tat asaṃśayam kariṣyāmi hi tat sarvam yathāvat anuśāsanamwhat is good here, O knower of dharma, tell me without doubt; I will carry out all of it according to the instruction
तस्मै प्रोवाच तत् सर्वम् एवम् पृष्टः पितामहः सर्वनिश्चयवित् प्राज्ञः संशयम् परिपृच्छतेtasmai provāca tat sarvam evam pṛṣṭaḥ pitāmahaḥ sarvaniścayavit prājñaḥ saṃśayam paripṛcchateto him, thus asked about the doubt, the wise grandfather, who knew all resolutions, told everything
प्रह्लाद उवाचprahlāda uvācaPrahlada said
न श्रेयः सततम् तेजः न नित्यम् श्रेयसी क्षमा इति तात विजानीहि द्वयम् एतत् असंशयम्na śreyaḥ satatam tejaḥ na nityam śreyasī kṣamā iti tāta vijānīhi dvayam etat asaṃśayamstrength is not always better, and patience is not always better; know, father, both these statements are certain
द्रौपद्य्draupadyoriginal form "draupady", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
अत्राप्य्atrāpyoriginal form "atrāpy", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
उदाहरन्तीमम्udāharantīmamoriginal form "udāharantīmam", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
इतिहासंitihāsaṃoriginal form "itihāsaṃ", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
संवादंsaṃvādaṃoriginal form "saṃvādaṃ", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
बलेर्baleroriginal form "baler", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
असुरेन्द्रंasurendraṃoriginal form "asurendraṃ", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
महाप्राज्ञंmahāprājñaṃoriginal form "mahāprājñaṃ", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
दैत्येन्द्रंdaityendraṃoriginal form "daityendraṃ", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
प्रह्लादंprahlādaṃoriginal form "prahlādaṃ", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
पितरंpitaraṃoriginal form "pitaraṃ", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
स्विच्svicoriginal form "svic", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
छ्रेयसीchreyasīoriginal form "chreyasī", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
उताहोutāhooriginal form "utāho", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
तेजtejaoriginal form "teja", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
इत्य्ityoriginal form "ity", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
एतन्etanoriginal form "etan", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
संशयंsaṃśayaṃoriginal form "saṃśayaṃ", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
यथावद्yathāvadoriginal form "yathāvad", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
श्रेयोśreyooriginal form "śreyo", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
यद्yadoriginal form "yad", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
तद्tadoriginal form "tad", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
सर्वंsarvaṃoriginal form "sarvaṃ", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
यथावद्yathāvadoriginal form "yathāvad", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
एवंevaṃoriginal form "evaṃ", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
संशयंsaṃśayaṃoriginal form "saṃśayaṃ", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
सततंsatataṃoriginal form "satataṃ", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
तेजोtejooriginal form "tejo", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
नित्यंnityaṃoriginal form "nityaṃ", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
एतद्etadoriginal form "etad", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
Draupadi grounds her pain in a tradition of reasoning. She does not call Yudhishthira to arbitrariness, but raises the question of discerning time: when patience saves, and when it destroys.