Shloka 16
स्वर्गे दुर्योधनदर्शनम् | Duryodhana Seen in Heaven
Triviṣṭapa
न तन्मनसि कर्ताव्यं पुत्र यद् द्यूतकारितम् । द्रौपद्याश्न परिक्लेशं न चिन्तयितुमहसि,“वत्स! इनके द्वारा जुएमें जो अपराध हुआ है, उसे अब तुम्हें मनमें नहीं लाना चाहिये। द्रौपदीको भी इनसे जो क्लेश प्राप्त हुआ है इसे अब तुम्हें भुला देना चाहिये
vaiśaṃpāyana uvāca |
na tan manasi kartavyaṃ putra yad dyūtakāritam |
draupadyāś ca parikleśaṃ na cintayitum arhasi ||
Vaiśaṃpāyana said: “My son, you should not keep in your mind the wrong that was done through the gambling. Nor should you continue to dwell on the suffering that befell Draupadī because of them. Let it be released from your thoughts.”
वैशग्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
Do not cling mentally to past wrongdoing and the pain it caused; ethical maturity here is shown as restraint from brooding, and a deliberate turning away from resentment and grief.
Vaiśaṃpāyana counsels his listener (addressed as ‘son’) not to keep recalling the अपराध arising from the dice-game and not to keep dwelling on Draupadī’s affliction—framing the post-conflict moment as one of letting go rather than reopening old wounds.