Shloka 176
तथा विवसनां दीनां स्मरन्त्यद्यापि पाण्डवा: | 'ट्रौपदी एक वस्त्र पहने हुए थी, रजस्वला थी। उस अवस्थामें जो वह भरी सभामें लायी गयी और दुःशासनने सब लोगोंके सामने जो उसे महान् क्लेश पहुँचाया, उसका जो वस्त्र उतारा गया और उसे जो दयनीय दशाको पहुँचा दिया गया, उन सब बातोंको पाण्डव आज भी याद रखते हैं
tathā vivasanāṃ dīnāṃ smaranty adyāpi pāṇḍavāḥ |
Sañjaya said: Even now the Pāṇḍavas remember how Draupadī was brought into the royal assembly and reduced to a pitiable state, as if left unclothed—an outrage that became a lasting wound to their sense of justice and honor, and a moral cause that continued to fuel their resolve.
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
Public humiliation and violation of a woman’s dignity are grave adharma; such injustice does not vanish with time but remains a moral debt that demands accountability, shaping the ethical justification for later action.
Sañjaya notes that the Pāṇḍavas still recall Draupadī’s being rendered helpless and dishonored in the assembly—an event remembered as a central wrong that continued to motivate their stance in the conflict.