Shloka 11
सूक्ष्पप्रावारानजिनोत्तरीयान् दृष्टवारण्ये निर्धनानप्रतिष्ठान् । कां त्वं प्रीतिं लप्स्यसे याज्ञसेनि पतिं वृणीष्वेह यमन्यमिच्छसि
sūkṣmaprāvārān ajinottarīyān dṛṣṭvā araṇye nirdhanān apratiṣṭhān | kāṃ tvaṃ prītiṃ lapsyase yājñaseni patiṃ vṛṇīṣveha yam anyam icchasi ||
ヴァイシャンパーヤナは言った。「かつては繊細で美しい衣をまとっていたパーンダヴァたちが、いまや荒野の森で貧しく、名誉も地位も失い、鹿皮を身に巻いているのを見て、汝は何の喜びを得ようか。ヤージュニャセニーよ、ここで別の男を夫として選べ――望む者を。」
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse frames a moral test: whether Draupadī’s commitment is grounded in dharma and loyalty or in comfort and social prestige. It highlights the ethical tension between worldly security and steadfast fidelity amid adversity.
A speaker (reported by Vaiśampāyana) taunts or pressures Draupadī by pointing to the Pāṇḍavas’ impending/imagined hardship in the forest—poor, disgraced, wearing deerskins—and urges her to abandon them and choose another husband.