Shloka 6
Draupadī’s Rebuke of Jayadratha and Dhaumya’s Admonition (Āraṇyaka-parva, Adhyāya 252)
सत्कृतस्य हि ते शोको विपरीते कथं भवेत् | मा कृतं शोभनं पार्थ: शोकमालमब्य नाशय
satkṛtasya hi te śoko viparīte kathaṁ bhavet | mā kṛtaṁ śobhanaṁ pārthaḥ śokam ālambya nāśaya ||
Vaiśampāyana dit : «Puisque tu as été honoré, comment le chagrin pourrait-il légitimement naître en toi ? Si, au contraire, ils t’avaient traité avec mépris, quel eût été alors ton état ? Ne va pas, en t’attachant à la douleur, ruiner la conduite bonne et convenable que le fils de Kuntī (le Pāṇḍava) t’a témoignée.»
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
Grief should not be used as an excuse to negate or spoil what is good and proper; when one has received honour and kind treatment, the ethical response is steadiness and gratitude rather than sorrow that undermines right conduct.
Vaiśampāyana narrates a moment of counsel: someone who has been respectfully received by the Pāṇḍavas is being admonished not to fall into grief, and is reminded that contempt would have been far worse; therefore the recipient should not ‘destroy’ the Pāṇḍavas’ good treatment by taking refuge in sorrow.