Shloka 30

द्रौपद्याः भीमसेन-प्रबोधनम्

Draupadī Awakens Bhīmasena

Devanagari script

मयात्र शक्‍यं कि कर्तु विराटे धर्मदूषके । यः पश्यन्‌ मां मर्षयति वध्यमानामनागसम्‌

Transliteration

mayātra śakyaṃ kiṃ kartuṃ virāṭe dharmadūṣake | yaḥ paśyan māṃ marṣayati vadhyamānām anāgasam ||

Translation

বৈশম্পায়ন বললেন— এখানে বিরাটও ধর্মকে কলুষিতকারী; সে আমার—নির্দোষ ও অসহায় নারীর—চোখের সামনে প্রহার সহ্য হতে দেখে তবু নীরব থাকে। এমন রাজা থাকতে আমি এই অপমানের প্রতিকার বা প্রতিশোধ কীভাবে করব?

Word by Word

• मया: by me
• मया: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: —, Instrumental, Singular

• अत्र: here
• अत्र: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अत्र

• शक्यम्: possible
• शक्यम्: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शक्य
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• किम्: what
• किम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: किम्
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• कर्तुम्: to do
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ
• Form: Infinitive, —, —

• विराटे: in/under Virāṭa (i.e., while Virāṭa is present/ruling)
• विराटे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: विराट
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• धर्मदूषके: in/under the defiler of dharma
• धर्मदूषके: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: धर्मदूषक
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• यः: who
• यः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• पश्यन्: seeing
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश्
• Form: Present participle (Parasmaipada), —, Singular

• माम्: me
• माम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: —, Accusative, Singular

• मर्षयति: endures/tolerates
• Type: Verb
• Root: मृष्
• Form: Present, 3rd, Singular

• वध्यमानाम्: being slain/being beaten
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वध्यमान
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• अनागसम्: innocent, guiltless
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अनागस्
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Virāṭa

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

A ruler who passively tolerates injustice—especially violence against the innocent—fails in rājadharma and becomes a ‘defiler of dharma’; ethical authority requires active protection, not mere witnessing.

What is happening in the narrative?

The speaker laments that King Virāṭa, though present, allows an innocent woman to be assaulted before his eyes; she questions what remedy or retaliation is possible while such a negligent king remains in control.