Shloka 51

Virāṭa-parva Adhyāya 22 — Draupadī’s Abduction Attempt and Bhīma’s Suppression of the Kīcakas

Devanagari script

निराबाधा त्वयि हते सैरन्ध्री विचरिष्यति । सुखमेव चरिष्यन्ति सैरन्ध्य्रा: पतय: सदा,“इस प्रकार तेरे मारे जानेपर सैरन्ध्री बेखटके विचरेगी और उसके पति भी सदा सुखसे ही रहेंगे”

Transliteration

nirābādhā tvayi hate sairandhrī vicarīṣyati | sukhameva cariṣyanti sairandhryāḥ patayaḥ sadā ||

Translation

„Wenn du erschlagen bist, wird Sairandhrī sich ohne Furcht und ohne Hindernis bewegen; und ihre Gatten werden stets in Ruhe leben.“

Word by Word

निराबाधाunhindered, free from trouble

त्वयिin/when you (are ...)

हतेwhen (you are) slain

सैरन्ध्रीthe maid (Sairandhrī)

विचरिष्यतिwill roam/move about

सुखम्happily; comfort

एवindeed, only

चरिष्यन्तिwill live/behave

सैरन्ध्याःof the Sairandhrī

पतयःhusbands

सदाalways

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

Sairandhrī (Draupadī in disguise)

the husbands of Sairandhrī (the Pāṇḍavas)

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?

The verse frames the slaying of a harmful aggressor as restoring freedom and well-being to the vulnerable; ethically, it presents protection and removal of oppression as aligned with dharma when it secures safety and rightful order.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśampāyana reports that once the threatening man is killed, Sairandhrī (Draupadī, living incognito) will be able to move about without fear, and her husbands (the Pāṇḍavas) will live peacefully—indicating the end of harassment and the return of security during their Virāṭa-period concealment.