Shloka 8

Devanagari script

कश्चान्यो भ्रातृभार्या वै विप्रकर्तु तथाहति । आनीय च सभा व्यक्त यथोक्ता द्रौपदी त्वया,“तेरे सिवा दूसरा कौन ऐसा अधम होगा, जो अपने बड़े भाईकी पत्नीको सभामें लाकर उसके साथ वैसा अनुचित बर्ताव करेगा। जैसा कि तूने द्रौपदीके प्रति स्पष्टरूपसे न कहने योग्य बातें कहकर दुर्व्यवहार किया है

Transliteration

kaścānyo bhrātṛbhāryā vai viprakartu tathāhati | ānīya ca sabhā vyakta yathoktā draupadī tvayā |

Translation

Vaiśampāyana dit : «Qui donc, sinon toi, pourrait être assez vil pour amener l’épouse de son frère aîné dans l’assemblée royale et l’outrager, la traitant avec une telle indécence, comme tu l’as fait envers Draupadī en lui adressant au grand jour des paroles qui ne devraient jamais être dites ?»

Word by Word

कःwho

चand

अन्यःother

भ्रातृभार्याम्elder brother's wife

वैindeed

विप्रकर्तुम्to do wrong / to outrage

तथाthus, in that manner

अर्हतिis fit / deserves

आनीयhaving brought

चand

सभाम्assembly hall

व्यक्तम्clearly, openly

यथाas, in the way that

उक्ताspoken / said

द्रौपदीDraupadi

त्वयाby you

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

Draupadī

sabhā (royal assembly)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse condemns the grave adharma of humiliating and violating the dignity of one’s elder brother’s wife in a public assembly, emphasizing restraint in speech and conduct and the ethical duty to protect honor rather than exploit power.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśampāyana recalls a denunciation of the act of bringing Draupadī into the court and subjecting her to public insult and improper treatment, highlighting the moral outrage at what was done and said to her.