Shloka 9
Arjuna’s Absence, Bhīma’s Kṣātra-Dharma Appeal, and Bṛhadaśva’s Arrival
Nala-Upākhyāna Begins
आसादितमिदं घोरं तुमुलं लोमहर्षणम् । द्रौपदी परिकर्षद्धि: कोपयद्धिश्व॒ पाण्डवान्,भरी सभामें द्रौपदीका वस्त्र खींचकर पाण्डवोंको कुपित करनेवाले आपके पुत्रोंने स्वयं ही इस रोमांचकारी, अत्यन्त भयंकर एवं घमासान युद्धको निमन्त्रित किया है
sañjaya uvāca | āsāditam idaṃ ghoraṃ tumulaṃ lomaharṣaṇam | draupadī parikarṣad dhiḥ kopayad dhiś ca pāṇḍavān |
Dijo Sañjaya: Esta calamidad terrible, tumultuosa y que eriza el cabello ha caído sobre nosotros. Al arrastrar a Draupadī en la asamblea y encender la ira de los Pāṇḍava, tus hijos mismos han invitado esta guerra espantosa y devoradora de todo.
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
Public humiliation and injustice—especially against the vulnerable—generate moral and social consequences that return as collective catastrophe. Sañjaya frames the war not as fate alone but as a result of deliberate adharma that provoked righteous fury.
Sañjaya tells Dhṛtarāṣṭra that the terrifying war has been self-caused: by dragging Draupadī and enraging the Pāṇḍavas, Dhṛtarāṣṭra’s sons effectively summoned the conflict that now engulfs them.