Shloka 79
Virāṭa-parva Adhyāya 22 — Draupadī’s Abduction Attempt and Bhīma’s Suppression of the Kīcakas
अद्याहमनृणो भूत्वा भ्रातुर्भार्यापहारिणम् । शान्तिं लब्धास्मि परमां हत्वा सैरन्ध्रिकण्टकम्,'जो सैरन्ध्रीके लिये कण्टक था, जिसने मेरे भाईकी पत्नीका अपहरण करनेकी चेष्टा की थी, उस दुष्ट कीचकको मारकर आज मैं उऋण हो जाऊँगा और मुझे बड़ी शान्ति मिलेगी”
adyāham anṛṇo bhūtvā bhrātur bhāryāpahāriṇam | śāntiṁ labdhāsmi paramāṁ hatvā sairandhrikaṇṭakam ||
Vaiśampāyana sprach: „Heute werde ich meine Pflichtschuld tilgen, indem ich jenen Entführer erschlage, der nach der Frau meines Bruders greifen wollte. Wenn ich Kīcaka getötet habe—den Dorn und Peiniger der Dienerin Sairandhrī—werde ich den höchsten Frieden erlangen.“
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse frames righteous action as the discharge of a moral debt: protecting a woman from predatory violence and upholding familial duty. Peace (śānti) is presented not as passivity but as the inner resolution that follows the removal of a grievous wrongdoer who threatens dharma.
In the Virāṭa court during the Pāṇḍavas’ incognito exile, Kīcaka harasses Sairandhrī (Draupadī). The speaker’s sentiment anticipates/justifies Kīcaka’s killing as repayment of duty toward the brother whose wife was targeted, and as the removal of the ‘thorn’ afflicting Sairandhrī.