Shloka 4
Chapter 59: Baladeva’s Censure, Keśava’s Restraint, and Yudhiṣṭhira’s Moral Accounting
गौर्गौरिति पुरा मन्द द्रौपदीमेकवाससम् | यत् सभायां हसन्नस्मांस्तदा वदसि दुर्मते
gaur gaur iti purā manda draupadīm ekavāsasam | yat sabhāyāṁ hasann asmāṁs tadā vadasi durmate ||
قال سنجيا: «يا أحمق! لقد ضحكتَ منّا قديمًا في مجلس الملك، وعيّرتَ دروبدي وهي واقفة هناك لا تلبس إلا ثوبًا واحدًا، تصرخ: “بقرة، بقرة!”؛ إنما الذي يتكلم الآن هو قسوتك وعقلك المنحرف.»
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
Mocking the vulnerable and violating dignity in public is a grave adharma; such cruelty reveals a corrupted mind and becomes a moral cause for later downfall and suffering.
Sanjaya recalls an earlier incident in the royal assembly where Draupadī was insulted and mocked; he uses that memory to condemn the addressee’s character, linking present speech and fate to past wrongdoing.