Shloka 4
द्रौपद्याः भीमसेन-प्रबोधनम्
Draupadī Awakens Bhīmasena
द्रौपहुुवाच (नाहं शक््या त्वया <प्रष्ठुं निषादेनेव ब्राह्मणी । मा गमिष्यसि दुर्बुद्धे गतिं दुर्गान्तरान्तराम् ।। द्रौपदी बोली--दुर्बुद्धे! जैसे निषाद ब्राह्मणीका स्पर्श नहीं कर सकता, उसी प्रकार तुम भी मुझे छू नहीं सकते। तुम मेरा तिरस्कार करके भारी-से-भारी दुर्गतिमें न पड़ो। यत्र गच्छन्ति बहव: परदाराभिमर्शका: । नरा: सम्भिन्नमर्यादा: कीटवच्च गुहाशया: ।।) उस दुरवस्थामें न जाओ, जहाँ धर्ममर्यादाका छेदन करनेवाले बहुत-से परस्त्रीगामी मनुष्य बिलमें सोनेवाले कीड़ोंकी भाँति जाया करते हैं। अप्रैषीद् राजपुत्री मां सुराहारीं तवान्तिकम् | पानमाहर मे क्षिप्रं पिपासा मे5ति चाब्रवीत्,राजकुमारी सुदेष्णाने मुझे मदिरा लानेके लिये तुम्हारे पास भेजा है। उनका कहना है --'मुझे बड़े जोरकी प्यास लगी है; अतः शीघ्र मेरे लिये पीने योग्य रस ले आओ'
apraiṣīd rājaputrī māṃ surāhārīṃ tavāntikam | pānam āhara me kṣipraṃ pipāsā me iti cābravīt ||
Draupadī said: “O man of wicked mind! As a Niṣāda cannot touch a Brāhmaṇa woman, so you too cannot touch me. Do not scorn me and fall into the gravest ruin. Do not go to that state where many men—who break the bounds of dharma by laying hands on another’s wife—depart like insects that sleep in caves.” Then she said: “The princess Sudeshnā has sent me—her wine-bearer—to you. She said, ‘I am very thirsty; quickly bring me something to drink.’”
कीचक उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse illustrates how authority can be misused through seemingly ordinary commands; ethically, it warns that pretexts and official errands can become tools for coercion, and that dharma requires vigilance against such abuse.
Kīcaka claims that the queen/princess has sent him as the wine-bearer to the addressed person, ordering that a drink be brought quickly because she is thirsty—setting up a pretext within the palace episode surrounding Draupadī’s concealment and Kīcaka’s misconduct.