Shloka 32

Devanagari script

येनाविन्लुवता प्रश्न॑ तथा कृष्णा सभां गता । उपेक्षिता सपुत्रेण दासभावं नियच्छती,'पुत्रसहित जिन्होंने सभामें लायी गयी द्रौपदीके प्रश्नका उत्तर न देकर उसके प्रति उपेक्षा दिखायी, उस समय वह बेचारी हमारे दासभावके निवारणका प्रयत्न कर रही थी

Transliteration

yenāvinluvata praśnaṁ tathā kṛṣṇā sabhāṁ gatā | upekṣitā saputreṇa dāsabhāvaṁ niyacchatī ||

Translation

サンジャヤは言った。「ドラウパディー（クリシュナー）が王の सभा（集会）へ引き立てられたとき、彼女の問いは答えられぬまま放置され、しかもその者は—息子とともに—彼女を顧みず侮った。その瞬間、無力な王妃は、自らに押しつけられようとする奴隷の境遇を退けんと必死に努めていた。」

Word by Word

येनby which / whereby

अविन्लुवताby (him) not answering / not responding

प्रश्नम्question

तथाthus / in that manner

कृष्णाKṛṣṇā (Draupadī)

सभाम्assembly hall

गताwent / having gone

उपेक्षिताwas neglected / disregarded

सपुत्रेणby (him) together with his son

दासभावम्state of slavery

नियच्छतीrestrains / checks / seeks to prevent

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Sañjaya

Kṛṣṇā (Draupadī)

sabhā (royal assembly hall)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Cross References

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights the ethical failure of ignoring a righteous question in a public forum: silence and indifference in the face of injustice become a form of participation in wrongdoing, especially when a vulnerable person is being pushed into servitude.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya recalls the episode of Draupadī being brought into the assembly and raising a decisive question about her status; those responsible, along with a son, disregard her and do not answer, while she struggles to prevent being treated as a slave.