Shloka 40
द्रौपदी-स्वयंवर-प्रारम्भः
Commencement of Draupadī’s Svayaṃvara
एवमुक््त्वा तत: सद्यस्तं प्राणैविप्रयुज्य च । शक्तिनं भक्षयामास व्यात्र: पशुमिवेप्सितम्,यों कहकर राजाने तत्काल ही शक्तिके प्राण ले लिये और जैसे बाघ अपनी रुचिके अनुकूल पशुको चबा जाता है, उसी प्रकार वे भी शक्तिको खा गये
evam uktvā tataḥ sadyaḥ taṃ prāṇaiḥ viprayujya ca | śaktiṃ bhakṣayāmāsa vyāghraḥ paśum iva ipsitam ||
وما إن قال ذلك حتى سلب شَكتي حياتَه في الحال. ثم التهم شَكتي كما يلتهم النمرُ فريستَه المرغوبة.
ब्राह्मण उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights how abandoning self-control and dharma turns a person into a predator: violence motivated by craving or wrath dehumanizes the agent and produces grave karmic consequences.
After speaking, the aggressor immediately kills Śakti by depriving him of life, and then consumes him, compared to a tiger devouring its chosen prey.