Shloka 42
रामस्य पम्पातीरगमनम्, सुग्रीवसख्यं, वालिवधः, सीतारक्षणवृत्तान्तश्च
Rāma at Pampā; alliance with Sugrīva; Vālin’s fall; Sītā’s guarded captivity
श्रीकृष्ण उवाच भवतामापदं ज्ञात्वा ऋषे: परमकोपनात् । द्रौपद्या चिन्तित: पार्था अहं सत्वरमागत:
śrīkṛṣṇa uvāca bhavatām āpadaṁ jñātvā ṛṣeḥ paramakopanāt | draupadyā cintitaḥ pārthā ahaṁ satvaram āgataḥ ||
Śrī Kṛṣṇa said: Knowing that you had fallen into danger because of the sage’s extreme wrath, and being remembered with anxious thought by Draupadī, O Pārtha, I came here at once. The verse highlights swift, compassionate intervention in response to a righteous person’s peril and the moral weight of a sage’s anger when provoked.
श्रीकृष्ण उवाच
Educational Q&A
When the virtuous face danger—especially danger arising from moral-spiritual forces like a sage’s wrath—one should respond promptly with protective action. The verse also implies that intense anger, even in an ascetic, can become a powerful cause of harm, so restraint and timely reconciliation are ethically important.
Kṛṣṇa tells the Pāṇḍavas (addressing ‘Pārtha’) that he learned of their peril caused by an enraged sage and that Draupadī, distressed, remembered him; therefore he arrived immediately to help avert the crisis.