Shloka 34
Dvaītavana: Brahmaghoṣa, Rṣi-saṅgha, and Baka Dālbhyā’s Upadeśa to Yudhiṣṭhira
द्रुपदस्य कुले जातां स्नुषां पाण्डोर्महात्मन:,मैं द्रपदके कुलमें उत्पन्न हुई महात्मा पाण्डुकी पुत्रवधू, वीर धृष्टद्युम्नकी बहिन तथा वीरशिरोमणि पाण्डवोंकी पतिव्रता पत्नी हूँ। महाराज! मुझे इस प्रकार वनमें कष्ट उठाती देखकर भी आप शशत्रुओंके प्रति क्षमाभाव कैसे धारण करते हैं?
drupadasya kule jātāṁ snuṣāṁ pāṇḍor mahātmanaḥ |
Vaiśampāyana said: “She (Draupadī), born in King Drupada’s line and the daughter-in-law of the great-souled Pāṇḍu, speaks from honor and dharma: though she is the devoted wife of the Pāṇḍavas and sister of the heroic Dhṛṣṭadyumna, she is made to suffer in the forest. Seeing her endure such hardship, she asks how the king can still keep forbearance toward his enemies—implying that patience which enables injustice is a failure of righteous duty.”
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse frames a dharmic tension: personal and royal forbearance (kṣānti) is virtuous, but if it shelters wrongdoing and prolongs injustice, it can become adharma. Draupadī’s appeal urges that righteous duty may require firm action when honor and justice are violated.
In the forest-exile setting, Draupadī identifies herself by lineage and relationships—Drupada’s daughter, Pāṇḍu’s daughter-in-law, sister of Dhṛṣṭadyumna, devoted wife of the Pāṇḍavas—and challenges the king’s continued tolerance toward their enemies despite her visible suffering in exile.