Shloka 49

Kṛṣṇa at Duryodhana’s House: Refusal of Hospitality and Departure to Vidura (कृष्णस्य धार्तराष्ट्रनिवेशनगमनम्)

Devanagari script

न प्रियो मम कृष्णाया बीभत्सुर्न युधिष्ठिर: । भीमसेनो यमौ वापि यदपश्यं सभागताम्‌

Transliteration

na priyo mama kṛṣṇāyā bībhatsur na yudhiṣṭhiraḥ | bhīmaseno yamau vāpi yad apaśyaṃ sabhāgatām ||

Translation

قال فايشَمبايانا: «في تلك اللحظة لم يكن بيبهاتسو (أرجونا) ولا يودهيشثيرا، ولا بهيماسينا، ولا حتى التوأمان، محبوبين لدى كِرِشناي (دروبدي)؛ إذ إني رأيتها تُساق إلى قاعة المجلس.»

Word by Word

नnot

प्रियःdear, beloved

ममof me, my

कृष्णायाःof Kṛṣṇā (Draupadī)

बीभत्सुःBībhatsu (Arjuna)

नnor / not

युधिष्ठिरःYudhiṣṭhira

भीमसेनःBhīmasena (Bhīma)

यमौthe twins (Nakula and Sahadeva)

वाor

अपिalso, even

यत्which, that (fact that)

अपश्यम्I saw

सभागताम्having come to the assembly; present in the hall

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

Kṛṣṇā (Draupadī)

Bībhatsu (Arjuna)

Yudhiṣṭhira

Bhīmasena (Bhīma)

Yamau (Nakula and Sahadeva)

Sabhā (assembly/court)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Public injustice and humiliation can overturn ordinary bonds of affection; dharma demands that wrongs done in a royal assembly be recognized as grave ethical failures, especially when protectors remain ineffective.

What is happening in the narrative?

The speaker recalls seeing Draupadī brought into the assembly; in that moment, her husbands—Arjuna, Yudhiṣṭhira, Bhīma, and the twins—are described as not being ‘dear’ to her (or not standing as dear/protective figures), highlighting the crisis created by her being subjected to a public affront.