Shloka 27
भीष्मस्य दुर्योधनं प्रति उपालम्भः
Bhīṣma’s Reproof to Duryodhana
यच्च ते पाण्डवा राजंश्छलद्यूते पराजिता: । यच्चैव द्रौपदी कृष्णा एकवस्त्रा रजस्वला
yac ca te pāṇḍavā rājan chala-dyūte parājitāḥ | yac caiva draupadī kṛṣṇā eka-vastrā rajasvalā
Sañjaya said: “And because the Pāṇḍavas were defeated by you, O King, through deceitful gambling; and because Draupadī—Kṛṣṇā—was made to stand with but a single garment, in the state of menstruation….”
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse recalls two grave wrongs—defeating the Pāṇḍavas through deceit in gambling and the public humiliation of Draupadī—highlighting how adharma (fraud, exploitation, and dishonoring a woman) becomes a moral cause for catastrophic consequences.
Sañjaya addresses the king, reminding him of the earlier injustices: the Pāṇḍavas’ loss in the rigged dice-game and Draupadī’s degrading treatment (left with a single garment while menstruating). This functions as a moral indictment and a background for the war’s inevitability.