Shloka 33
द्रौपद्याः भीमसेन-प्रबोधनम्
Draupadī Awakens Bhīmasena
कीचको न च धर्मज्ञो न च मत्स्य: कथंचन । सभासदोअ प्यधर्मज्ञा य एनं॑ पर्युपासते
kīcako na ca dharmajño na ca matsyaḥ kathaṃcana | sabhāsado 'py adharmajñā ye enaṃ paryupāsate ||
বৈশম্পায়ন বললেন—কীচক ধর্মজ্ঞ নয়, আর মৎস্যরাজও কোনোভাবেই ধর্মজ্ঞ নন। যারা সেই অধার্মিকের পাশে বসে তার সেবা করে—সেই সভাসদরাও ধর্মজ্ঞ নয়।
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
Dharma is not only an individual trait but a social responsibility: those who knowingly associate with and enable an unrighteous power-holder become implicated in adharma and lose moral authority.
In the Virāṭa court context, the narrator condemns Kīcaka’s unrighteous conduct and extends the critique to the Matsya king and the courtiers who remain seated in attendance, highlighting a court’s ethical collapse through tolerance and support of wrongdoing.