द्रुपद उवाच
अनाश्चर्यम् इदं ब्रह्मन् विक्रान्तेषु महात्मसु ॥
प्रीये त्वयाहं त्वत्तश् च प्रीतिम् इच्छामि शाश्वतीम् ॥
वैशंपायन उवाच
एवम् उक्तस् तु तं द्रोणो मोक्षयाम् आस भारत ॥
सत्कृत्य चैनं प्रीतात्मा राज्यार्धं प्रत्यपादयत् ॥
माकन्दीम् अथ गङ्गायास् तीरे जनपदायुताम् ॥
सो ऽध्यावसद् दीनमनाः काम्पिल्यं च पुरोत्तमम् ॥
दक्षिणांश् चैव पाञ्चालान् यावच् चर्मण्वती नदी ॥
drupada uvāca
anāścaryam idaṃ brahman vikrānteṣu mahātmasu ||
prīye tvayāhaṃ tvattaś ca prītim icchāmi śāśvatīm ||
vaiśaṃpāyana uvāca
evam uktas tu taṃ droṇo mokṣayām āsa bhārata ||
satkṛtya cainaṃ prītātmā rājyārdhaṃ pratyapādayat ||
mākandīm atha gaṅgāyās tīre janapadāyutām ||
so 'dhyāvasad dīnamanāḥ kāmpilyaṃ ca purottamam ||
dakṣiṇāṃś caiva pāñcālān yāvac carmaṇvatī nadī ||
Drupada said: 'This is no wonder, O brahmin, among the valiant, the great of soul; I am pleased with you, and I desire lasting friendship from you.' Vaishampayana said: 'Thus entreated, Drona set him free, O Bharata, and, having honored him, glad at heart, gave him half the kingdom. And disheartened Drupada settled in Makandi on the bank of the Ganga, together with its territory, and in Kampilya, foremost of cities, ruling the southern Panchalas as far as the river Charmanvati.'
9db8bf478f58 · प्रकाशित 12 जुल॰ 2026, 4:53:33 pm UTC
उपलब्ध भाषाएँRUENश्लोक बदलें इन कुंजियों से
Here Drupada yields in words while harboring bitterness in his heart. The contradiction between his courteous reply ('I desire lasting friendship') and his 'disheartened' spirit is telling: the lips speak peace while the heart hoards enmity. This is the cunning of wounded pride: the defeated man feigns reconciliation while plotting revenge. The word 'disheartened' (dinamanah) is telling: behind the outward agreement lies a hidden humiliation that will not fade but will keep gnawing at him. Scripture thus shows that a peace forced without true forgiveness is merely a mask: enmity smolders beneath it, and Drupada, bowing in word, already searches in his heart for a way to destroy Drona. From this very hidden bitterness a new turn of revenge will be born.