Adhyaya 11 — Draupadī’s Grief, Demand for Justice, and Bhīma’s Departure
तस्या बहुविध॑ दुःखातन्निशम्य परिदेवितम्
tasyā bahuvidha-duḥkhāt tan niśamya paridevitam
તેણીના અનેક પ્રકારના દુઃખમાંથી ઉપજેલા વિલાપને સાંભળી તેણે તેના શોકનો ભાર સંપૂર્ણ રીતે સમજ્યો.
वैशम्पायन उवाच
The verse highlights the ethical reality that violence leaves layered, manifold suffering; recognizing and truly hearing another’s lament is itself a moral moment, calling for compassion and responsibility in the wake of wrongdoing.
The narrator reports that someone hears a woman’s intense lamentation arising from many kinds of grief, marking a transition into or emphasis on the emotional fallout following the night’s atrocities in the Sauptika episode.