Shloka 11
सूक्ष्पप्रावारानजिनोत्तरीयान् दृष्टवारण्ये निर्धनानप्रतिष्ठान् । कां त्वं प्रीतिं लप्स्यसे याज्ञसेनि पतिं वृणीष्वेह यमन्यमिच्छसि
sūkṣmaprāvārān ajinottarīyān dṛṣṭvā araṇye nirdhanān apratiṣṭhān | kāṃ tvaṃ prītiṃ lapsyase yājñaseni patiṃ vṛṇīṣveha yam anyam icchasi ||
Dijo Vaiśampāyana: «Cuando veas a los Pāṇḍavas —que antaño vestían telas finas y delicadas— ahora en el bosque, empobrecidos, sin prestigio y envueltos en piel de ciervo, ¿qué alegría hallarás? Oh Yājñasenī, elige aquí a otro hombre por esposo, a quienquiera que desees.»
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse frames a moral test: whether Draupadī’s commitment is grounded in dharma and loyalty or in comfort and social prestige. It highlights the ethical tension between worldly security and steadfast fidelity amid adversity.
A speaker (reported by Vaiśampāyana) taunts or pressures Draupadī by pointing to the Pāṇḍavas’ impending/imagined hardship in the forest—poor, disgraced, wearing deerskins—and urges her to abandon them and choose another husband.