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सहदेवस्य गोसंख्य-तन्तिपाल-रूपेण विराट-समागमः | Sahadeva’s Audience with Virāṭa as Cattle-Enumerator
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/ हि आय >> () हि 2 7 नवमो<्ध्याय: द्रौोपदीका सैरन्ध्रीके वेशमें विराटके रनिवासमें जाकर रानी सुदेष्णासे वार्तालाप करना और वहाँ निवास पाना वैशम्पायन उवाच ततः केशान् समुत्क्षिप्य वेल्लिताग्राननिन्दितान् कृष्णान् सूक्ष्मान् मृदून् दीर्घान् समुद्ग्रथ्य शुचिस्मिता
Vaiśampāyana uvāca: tataḥ keśān samutkṣipya vellitāgrān aninditān kṛṣṇān sūkṣmān mṛdūn dīrghān samudgrathya śucismitā.
Vaiśampāyana sprach: Dann hob sie ihr Haar empor — dunkel, fein, weich, lang, mit schön gelockten Spitzen, ohne Makel —, sammelte es und band es zusammen, mit einem Lächeln stiller Reinheit.
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights inner discipline and dignified composure: even under hardship and concealment, one maintains self-respect, restraint, and readiness to act rightly within circumstances.
The narrator describes a woman (contextually, Draupadī in disguise) arranging and binding her hair with calm poise, marking her preparation to enter and live within Virāṭa’s palace environment.