Shloka 10
इस प्रकार श्रीमह्ाभारत सौप्तिकपर्वके अन्तर्गत ऐषीकपर्वनें युधिष्ठिरका शिविरमें प्रवेशविषयक दसवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ,दिष्टया राजन्नवाप्येमामखिलां भोक्ष्यसे महीम् । आत्मजान क्षत्रधर्मेण सम्प्रदाय यमाय वै उस समय रोती हुई कृष्णाने भरतनन्दन पाण्डुपुत्र युधिष्ठिससे कहा--“राजन! सौभाग्यकी बात है कि आप क्षत्रिय-धर्मके अनुसार अपने पुत्रोंकोी यमराजकी भेंट चढ़ाकर यह सारी पृथ्वी पा गये और अब इसका उपभोग करेंगे
diṣṭyā rājann avāpyemām akhilāṁ bhokṣyase mahīm | ātmajān kṣatradharmeṇa sampradāya yamāya vai ||
Kṛṣṇā (Draupadī), weeping, said to Yudhiṣṭhira, the son of Pāṇḍu: “Fortunate indeed, O King, that—having offered your own sons to Yama in accordance with the kṣatriya code—you have obtained this entire earth, and now you will enjoy its sovereignty.”
सूत उवाच
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The verse highlights the ethical paradox of kṣatriya-dharma: political victory and the ‘enjoyment’ of the earth can be inseparable from catastrophic personal loss. Through Draupadī’s bitter irony, it questions whether triumph is meaningful when purchased by the death of one’s own children, underscoring the Mahābhārata’s recurring theme that dharma in war is morally fraught and leaves enduring suffering.
After the night massacre (Sauptika events), Draupadī is shown weeping and addressing Yudhiṣṭhira. She remarks—ironically—that he has gained the whole earth and will now enjoy it, but only after ‘offering’ his sons to Yama according to the warrior code, i.e., after their deaths. The line functions as a lament and a moral indictment of the cost of the conflict.