Shloka 49

Devanagari script

न प्रियो मम कृष्णाया बीभत्सुर्न युधिष्ठिर: । भीमसेनो यमौ वापि यदपश्यं सभागताम्‌

Transliteration

na priyo mama kṛṣṇāyā bībhatsur na yudhiṣṭhiraḥ | bhīmaseno yamau vāpi yad apaśyaṃ sabhāgatām ||

Translation

Vaiśampāyana said: “At that moment, neither Bībhatsu (Arjuna) nor Yudhiṣṭhira—nor Bhīmasena, nor even the twin brothers—was dear to my Kṛṣṇā (Draupadī), for I had seen her brought into the assembly.”

Word by Word

नnot

प्रियःdear, beloved

ममof me, my

कृष्णायाःof Kṛṣṇā (Draupadī)

बीभत्सुःBībhatsu (Arjuna)

नnor / not

युधिष्ठिरःYudhiṣṭhira

भीमसेनःBhīmasena (Bhīma)

यमौthe twins (Nakula and Sahadeva)

वाor

अपिalso, even

यत्which, that (fact that)

अपश्यम्I saw

सभागताम्having come to the assembly; present in the hall

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

Kṛṣṇā (Draupadī)

Bībhatsu (Arjuna)

Yudhiṣṭhira

Bhīmasena (Bhīma)

Yamau (Nakula and Sahadeva)

Sabhā (assembly/court)

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?

Public injustice and humiliation can overturn ordinary bonds of affection; dharma demands that wrongs done in a royal assembly be recognized as grave ethical failures, especially when protectors remain ineffective.

What is happening in the narrative?

The speaker recalls seeing Draupadī brought into the assembly; in that moment, her husbands—Arjuna, Yudhiṣṭhira, Bhīma, and the twins—are described as not being ‘dear’ to her (or not standing as dear/protective figures), highlighting the crisis created by her being subjected to a public affront.