Shloka 27
अर्जुनागमनम्
Arjuna’s Arrival and Reunion on the Sacred Mountain
ततः क्षिप्तमिवात्मान द्रौपद्या स परंतप: । नामृष्यत महाबाहु: प्रहारमिव सद्भव:
tataḥ kṣiptam ivātmānaṃ draupadyā sa parantapaḥ | nāmṛṣyata mahābāhuḥ prahāram iva sadbhavaḥ ||
Then that scorcher of foes, feeling as though Draupadī had cast him aside, could not endure it—like a noble man who cannot bear a blow. The moment stung him as an affront to honor, and his self-respect rose in protest.
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights the ethical weight of honor and self-respect: a person of noble disposition experiences humiliation as a real injury, and is tested in how he responds—whether with restraint and discernment or with reactive anger.
Vaiśampāyana narrates that the hero (described as parantapa and mahābāhu) feels as if Draupadī has rejected or slighted him; he cannot bear the affront, experiencing it like a physical blow.