Shloka 4
Mahāprasthānika-parva Adhyāya 2: The Northward March, Sight of Himavat and Meru, and the Sequential Falls
तां तु प्रपतितां दृष्टयवा भीमसेनो महाबल: । उवाच धर्मराजानं याज्ञसेनीमवेक्ष्य ह,उसे नीचे गिरी देख महाबली भीमसेनने धर्मराजसे पूछा--
tāṁ tu prapatitāṁ dṛṣṭvā bhīmaseno mahābalaḥ | uvāca dharmarājānaṁ yājñasenīm avekṣya ha ||
Melihat Yājñasenī (Draupadī) terjatuh ke tanah, Bhīmasena yang perkasa menatapnya lalu menyapa Dharmarāja (Yudhiṣṭhira) dan menanyakan sebabnya.
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights the ethical strain of the final renunciatory journey: even when compassion and sorrow arise at a companion’s fall, the path of dharma demands steadiness and discernment. It sets up reflection on how past actions (karma) and inner attachments can manifest at life’s end, and how a dharma-centered leader responds.
During the Pāṇḍavas’ great departure, Draupadī (Yājñasenī) collapses. Bhīma, shocked and concerned, looks at her and then addresses Yudhiṣṭhira (Dharmarāja), asking him about the reason and meaning of her fall—initiating a moral explanation that follows in the episode.