Shloka 62

Devanagari script

स्त्रीधर्मिणी वेपमाना शोणितेन समुक्षिता | एकवसत्त्रा विकृष्टास्मि दु:खिता कुरुसंसदि,मैं रजस्वला थी, मेरे कपड़ोंपर रक्तके छींटे लगे थे, शरीरपर एक ही वस्त्र था और लज्जा एवं भयसे मैं थरथर काँप रही थी। उस दशामें मुझ दुःखिनी अबलाको कौरवोंकी सभामें घसीटकर लाया गया था

Transliteration

strīdharmiṇī vepamānā śoṇitena samukṣitā | ekavastrā vikṛṣṭā’smi duḥkhitā kurusaṃsadi ||

Translation

Vaiśampāyana said: “I was in my season, trembling, and stained with blood. Clad in a single garment, I—wretched and helpless—was dragged into the assembly hall of the Kurus.”

Word by Word

स्त्रीधर्मिणीhaving the condition/duty of a woman (i.e., menstruating)

वेपमानाtrembling

शोणितेनwith blood

समुक्षिताsprinkled/soiled (with)

एकवसत्त्राwearing a single garment

विकृष्टाdragged/pulled

अस्मिI am

दुःखिताdistressed/sorrowful

कुरुसंसदिin the Kuru assembly

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

Kuru assembly (Kurusaṃsad)

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights the ethical collapse of a royal court when it permits the public humiliation of a vulnerable woman. It implicitly condemns adharma—especially the failure to protect dignity and bodily integrity—and frames such cruelty as a sign of societal and political corruption.

What is happening in the narrative?

A woman describes being forcibly dragged into the Kuru court while menstruating, trembling, and clothed only in a single garment. The scene emphasizes her vulnerability and the violence of the act, setting a moral indictment of those who allowed or enabled it.