Shloka 15

द्रौपद्याः भीमसेन-प्रबोधनम्

Draupadī Awakens Bhīmasena

Devanagari script

इस प्रकार श्रीमहाभारत विराटपर्वके अन्तर्गत कीचकवधपर्वमें द्रौपदीके द्वारा मदिरानयनसम्बन्धी पंद्रहवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ,धूमच्छाया हाुभजतां नेत्रे चोच्छितपक्ष्मणी । सस्वेदा भृकुटी चोग्रा ललाटे समवर्तत

Transliteration

dhūmacchāyā hābhujatāṃ netre cocchitapakṣmaṇī | sasvedā bhṛkuṭī cogrā lalāṭe samavartata ||

Translation

Her eyes grew dim, as if veiled by a smoky shadow, and her eyelashes stood bristling. Beads of sweat appeared, and a fierce frown gathered upon her forehead—signs of intense inner agitation and restrained wrath, as dignity and resolve struggled against humiliation.

Word by Word

धूमच्छायाsmoke-like shadows

आभुजताम्covered/overspread

नेत्रेthe two eyes

चand

उच्छितपक्ष्मणीhaving raised/erect eyelashes

सस्वेदाsweat-covered

भृकुटीfrown/knitting of the brows

चand

उग्राfierce/terrible

ललाटेon the forehead

समवर्ततappeared/arose

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Draupadī (implied by context)

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?

The verse highlights the ethical tension between enduring insult with self-restraint and allowing righteous anger to arise when dignity and dharma are violated; inner turmoil can be visible, yet discipline governs action.

What is happening in the narrative?

The narrator describes the woman’s (Draupadī’s) physical signs—dimmed eyes, bristling lashes, sweat, and a fierce frown—indicating intense distress and controlled fury amid the Kīcaka-related events in the Virāṭa court.