Shloka 59
Sabhā Parva, Adhyāya 68 — Pāṇḍavānāṃ Vanavāsa-prasthānaḥ; Duḥśāsana-nindā; Pāṇḍava-pratijñāḥ
तब सम्पूर्ण धर्मोंके ज्ञाता विदुरजीने अपनी दोनों भुजाएँ ऊपर उठाकर सभासदोंको चुप कराया और इस प्रकार कहा ।।
vidura uvāca | draupadī praśnam uktvaivaṁ roravīti ha nāthavat | na ca viśruta taṁ praśnaṁ sabhyā dharmo 'tra pīḍyate ||
Vidura berkata: “Setelah mengajukan pertanyaannya, Draupadī meratap seperti seorang yang kehilangan perlindungan. Namun pertanyaan itu tidak sungguh-sungguh didengar di sidang ini; dan di sini, di balairung ini, dharma sendiri sedang ditindas.”
विदुर उवाच
Educational Q&A
When a righteous question is ignored in a public forum, it is not merely a personal wrong—dharma itself is harmed. Vidura frames the assembly’s silence and inattention as an ethical collapse of the court.
After Draupadī raises her pointed question, she cries out in distress. Vidura observes that the courtiers do not truly heed her inquiry, and he declares that in this very assembly dharma is being violated.