Mahabharata — Virata Parva, Shloka 34
द्रौपदी-भीमसेनसंवादः
Draupadī–Bhīmasena Dialogue on Suffering, Kāla, and Daiva
न विन्दामि महाबाहो सहदेवस्य दुष्कृतम् । यस्मिन्नेवंविध॑ दु:खं प्राप्तुयात् सत्यविक्रम:
na vindāmi mahābāho sahadevasya duṣkṛtam | yasmin evaṃvidhaṃ duḥkhaṃ prāptuyāt satyavikramaḥ ||
Vaiśampāyana said: “O mighty-armed one, I do not find any wrongdoing on Sahadeva’s part by which this truth-steadfast hero should have to suffer such a kind of sorrow.”
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights the ethical tension between suffering and moral desert: a virtuous person may undergo intense sorrow without any evident wrongdoing, prompting reflection on karma, fate, and the limits of human judgment.
Vaiśampāyana comments that he cannot identify any misdeed of Sahadeva that would justify such suffering for a hero described as steadfast in truth and valor, underscoring Sahadeva’s blamelessness amid hardship.