Shloka 10
तां क्रोशन्ती पृथा दुःखादनुवब्राज गच्छतीम् । अथापश्यत् सुतान् सर्वान् हृताभरणवासस:,रोती-बिलखती, वनको जाती हुई द्रौपदीके पीछे-पीछे कुन्ती भी दुःखसे व्याकुल हो कुछ दूरतक गयीं, इतनेहीमें उन्होंने अपने सभी पुत्रोंको देखा, जिनके वस्त्र और आभूषण उतार लिये गये थे
tāṁ krośantīṁ pṛthā duḥkhād anuvabrāja gacchatīm | athāpaśyat sutān sarvān hṛtābharaṇavāsasaḥ ||
As Draupadī went on, crying out in anguish, Pṛthā (Kuntī), overwhelmed by grief, followed after her for some distance. Then she saw all her sons—stripped of their garments and ornaments—an image of humiliation that signals the collapse of royal dignity and the moral disorder unleashed in the assembly.
वैशमग्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights how adharma in public life produces cascading harm: the dishonoring of a woman and the stripping of the rightful heirs symbolize the erosion of dignity and justice. It implicitly condemns a polity where power overrides moral restraint.
Draupadī, crying in distress, is being led away; Kuntī follows her in grief. Kuntī then sees her sons (the Pāṇḍavas) in a state of disgrace, with their clothing and ornaments taken—indicating their subjugation and the severity of their humiliation.