Shloka 26
द्रौपद्याः भीमसेन-प्रबोधनम्
Draupadī Awakens Bhīmasena
सर्वलोकमिमं हन्युर्धर्मपाशसितास्तु ये । तेषां मां मानिनीं भार्या सूतपुत्र: पदावधीत्
sarvalokam imaṁ hanyur dharmapāśasitās tu ye | teṣāṁ māṁ māninīṁ bhāryā sūtaputraḥ padāvadhīt ||
Vaiśampāyana dijo: «Quienes están atados por las ataduras del dharma preferirían abatir este mundo entero antes que quebrantar la rectitud. Y, sin embargo, por causa de ellos, yo—esposa orgullosa y honrada—fui pateada y hollada por el hijo del auriga».
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights the tension between dharma-based restraint and the pain caused when the righteous endure wrongdoing: adherence to dharma can demand forbearance even when one’s honor is violated, exposing the ethical cost of self-control in the face of injustice.
A narrator reports a grievance: although certain men are so bound by dharma that they would choose extreme action rather than violate righteousness, the speaker—describing herself as a dignified wife—was nevertheless insulted and physically humiliated (kicked) by someone derisively called the ‘charioteer’s son.’