Shloka 44

Devanagari script

इत्यनुस्मृत्य कृष्णं सा हरिं त्रिभुवने श्वरम्‌ । प्रारुदद्‌ दु:खिता राजन्‌ मुखमाच्छाद्य भामिनी,राजन! इस प्रकार तीनों लोकोंके स्वामी श्यामसुन्दर श्रीकृष्णका बार-बार चिन्तन करके मानिनी द्रौपदी दुःखी हो अंचलसे मुँह ढककर जोर-जोरसे रोने लगी

Transliteration

ity anusmṛtya kṛṣṇaṃ sā hariṃ tribhuvaneśvaram | prārudad duḥkhitā rājan mukham ācchādya bhāminī ||

Translation

Remembering again and again Kṛṣṇa—Hari, the Lord of the three worlds—Draupadī, overcome with sorrow, covered her face with her garment and began to weep aloud, O King.

Word by Word

इतिthus

अनुस्मृत्यhaving remembered, recalling

कृष्णम्Krishna

साshe

हरिम्Hari (Vishnu/Krishna)

त्रिभुवनेश्वरम्lord of the three worlds

प्रारुदत्she cried, began to weep

दुःखिताdistressed, sorrowful

राजन्O king

मुखम्face

आच्छाद्यhaving covered

भामिनीthe proud/spirited woman (Draupadi)

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Kṛṣṇa

Hari

Draupadī

Janamejaya

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Cross References

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

In extreme suffering, Draupadī’s repeated remembrance of Kṛṣṇa highlights bhakti as a sustaining moral force: turning to the divine is not escapism but a way to endure injustice and affirm that adharma will not have the final word.

What is happening in the narrative?

After recalling Kṛṣṇa as the supreme Lord, Draupadī—deeply distressed—covers her face with her garment and cries loudly, while Vaiśampāyana narrates this to King Janamejaya.