महाभारत · 1.187.21
॥
देवनागरी
द्रुपद उवाच
भवान् वा विधिवत् पाणिं गृह्णातु दुहितुर् मम ॥
यस्य वा मन्यसे वीर तस्य कृष्णाम् उपादिश ॥
लिप्यंतरण (IAST)
drupada uvāca
bhavān vā vidhivat pāṇiṃ gṛhṇātu duhitur mama ||
yasya vā manyase vīra tasya kṛṣṇām upādiśa ||
शब्दशः अर्थ
संस्कृतIASTअर्थ
भवान् वा विधिवत् पाणिं गृह्णातु दुहितुः ममbhavān vā vidhivat pāṇiṃ gṛhṇātu duhituḥ mama‘Either you yourself take my daughter's hand according to rite,
यस्य वा मन्यसे वीर तस्य कृष्णाम् उपादिशyasya vā manyase vīra tasya kṛṣṇām upādiśaor, whomever you deem worthy, O hero, to him assign Krishna.’
द्रुपदdrupadaoriginal form "drupada", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
दुहितुर्duhituroriginal form "duhitur", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
अनुवाद
Drupada said: ‘Either you yourself take my daughter's hand according to rite, or, whomever you deem worthy, O hero, assign Krishna to him.’
संस्करण
fd91f88859ce · प्रकाशित 12 जुल॰ 2026, 5:44:41 pm UTC
उपलब्ध भाषाएँRUENश्लोक बदलें इन कुंजियों से
Here the father generously entrusts the choice to the eldest. It is significant that Drupada, not insisting on Arjuna, leaves the decision to Yudhishthira: he trusts the judgment of the righteous head of the family. Here is a father-in-law's humility and trust in his daughter's future family. Thus the text reveals Drupada's yielding; and this trust will call forth an answer he did not expect.