Shloka 8
द्रौपद्याः भीमसेन-प्रबोधनम्
Draupadī Awakens Bhīmasena
प्रगृह्मामाणा तु महाजवेन मुहुर्विनि:श्वस्य च राजपुत्री । तया समाक्षिप्ततनु: स पाप: पपात शाखीव निकृत्तमूल:
pragṛhyamāṇā tu mahājavena muhur viniḥśvasya ca rājaputrī | tayā samākṣiptatanuḥ sa pāpaḥ papāta śākhīva nikṛttamūlaḥ ||
وأخذ يحاول إخضاعها بعنفٍ شديد. وكانت الأميرة دروبدي تلهث مرارًا بأنفاسٍ عميقة وتكافح لتفلت منه. فلما استجمعت رباطة جأشها دفعَت كيتشَكا بكلتا يديها دفعًا قويًّا؛ فسقط ذلك الشرير على الأرض كالشجرة التي قُطع أصلها—صورة لانهيار من يخرق الدارما بالشهوة والإكراه.
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse contrasts adharma—violent, lust-driven coercion—with the rightful resistance of the wronged. It frames Kīcaka as 'pāpa' (wicked) and uses the simile of an uprooted tree to suggest that unethical aggression is inherently unstable and destined to fall.
Kīcaka forcefully grabs Draupadī. She gasps and struggles repeatedly, then steadies herself and pushes him away with both hands, causing him to crash to the ground like a tree cut at the root.