Shloka 152
समन्तपञ्चक-आख्यानम् तथा अक्षौहिणी-प्रमाणनिर्णयः
Samantapañcaka Narrative and the Measure of an Akṣauhiṇī
परिदेवनं च पाज्चाल्या वासुदेवस्य संनिधौ | आश्चासनं च कृष्णेन दु:खार्ताया: प्रकीर्तितम्,द्रौपदी श्रीकृष्णके पास बहुत रोयी-कलपी। श्रीकृष्णने दुःखार्त द्रौपदीको आश्वासन दिया। यह सब कथा वनपर्वमें है
paridevanaṃ ca pāñcālyā vāsudevasya saṃnidhau | āśvāsanaṃ ca kṛṣṇena duḥkhārtāyāḥ prakīrtitam |
On raconte comment Pāñcālī (Draupadī), en présence de Vāsudeva, laissa éclater sa douleur en lamentations, et comment Kṛṣṇa la consola lorsqu’elle était accablée de chagrin. Le passage met en lumière la consolation compatissante offerte à l’affligée et le devoir éthique de préserver l’espérance et le dharma au cœur de la souffrance.
राम उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse foregrounds dharmic compassion: when someone is overwhelmed by grief, it is righteous to offer reassurance and moral support, sustaining hope and steadiness rather than abandoning the afflicted to despair.
Draupadī (Pāñcālī) laments intensely in Kṛṣṇa’s presence, and Kṛṣṇa responds by consoling her; the line notes that this episode is recounted elsewhere (traditionally associated with the Vanaparvan narrative context).