Shloka 39
Adhyāya 14: Sudēṣṇā Sends Sairandhrī to Kīcaka’s House (सुदेष्णा–सैरन्ध्री–कीचक संवादः)
दोषान् बहुन् प्राणहरान् सर्वलोकविगर्लितान् | प्रोवाचेदं सुदुर्बुद्धिद्रौपदीमजितेन्द्रिय:
doṣān bahūn prāṇaharān sarvalokavigarhitān | provācedaṃ sudurbuddhir draupadīm ajitendriyaḥ ||
Vaiśampāyana said: “Though he knew that touching another man’s wife brings many grave faults—condemned by all people and even leading to loss of life—yet that man of uncontrolled senses and perverse understanding spoke these words to Draupadī.”
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
Uncontrolled desire (ajitendriya) drives a person to knowingly commit acts that society condemns and that can bring severe, even fatal, consequences; ethical restraint is presented as essential to dharma.
The narrator describes a man who, despite understanding the grave sin and danger involved in violating another’s wife, still proceeds to address Draupadī—signaling his lust-driven disregard for dharma.