Shloka 47
आकृष्यमाणे वसने द्रौपद्यास्तु विशाम्पते । तद्गरूपमपरं वस्त्र प्रादुगसीदनेकश:,जनमेजय! द्रौपदीके वस्त्र खींचे जाते समय उसी तरहके दूसरे-दूसरे अनेक वस्त्र प्रकट होने लगे
vaiśampāyana uvāca |
ākṛṣyamāṇe vasane draupadyās tu viśāmpate |
tadgarūpam aparaṁ vastra prādugāsīd anekaśaḥ |
janamejaya ||
Vaiśampāyana said: O lord of the people, as Draupadī’s garment was being pulled away, another cloth of the same kind kept appearing again and again, O Janamejaya. In this moment the epic underscores that outrage against a woman (strī-apamāna) is adharma, and that a higher moral order can intervene to protect the dignity of one who is wronged.
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
Public humiliation and violation of a woman’s dignity are grave adharma; the episode frames moral order (and, in later reception, divine grace) as ultimately safeguarding the innocent against injustice, even when power is abused in a royal assembly.
As Draupadī’s clothing is forcibly pulled, fresh garments of the same kind repeatedly appear, preventing her from being stripped and turning the attempted outrage into a sign of protection amid the Kuru court’s moral collapse.