Shloka 8
स्त्रीपर्व — अध्याय १५: गान्धारी-युधिष्ठिर-संवादः
Gandhārī’s Confrontation and Consolation of Yudhiṣṭhira
तथाप्यप्रियमस्माकं पुत्रस्ते समुपाचरत् । द्रौपद्या यत् सभामध्ये सव्यमूरुमदर्शयत्,“आपके पुत्रने तो हम सब लोगोंका इससे भी बढ़कर अप्रिय किया था कि उसने भरी सभामें द्रौपदीको अपनी बाँयीं जाँच दिखायी
tathāpy apriyam asmākaṁ putras te samupācarat | draupadyā yat sabhāmadhye savyam ūrum adarśayat ||
Vaiśampāyana said: “Even so, your son committed something even more offensive to us: in the midst of the full assembly, he displayed his left thigh to Draupadī.” The statement recalls a deliberate public insult—an act of shamelessness and humiliation—presented as a grave ethical transgression that deepened enmity and hastened the collapse of dharma in the Kuru court.
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