Shloka 44
Adhyāya 33: Rauhiṇeya (Balarāma) is welcomed and takes his seat to witness the gadā-engagement
द्रौपदी च परिक्लिष्टा सभामध्ये रजस्वला । द्यूते यद् विजितो राजा शकुनेरबुद्धिनिश्चयात्,“दुरात्मन्! तूने भरी सभामें रजस्वला द्रौपदीको क्लेश पहुँचाया, शकुनिकी सलाह लेकर राजा युधिष्ठिरको कपटपूर्वक जूएमें हराया तथा निरपराध दुन्तीपुत्रोंपर दूसरे-दूसरे जो पाप एवं अत्याचार किये थे, उन सबका महान् अशुभ फल आज तू अपनी आँखों देख ले
draūpadī ca parikliṣṭā sabhāmadhye rajasvalā | dyūte yad vijito rājā śakuner abuddhiniścayāt ||
サンジャヤは言った。「そしてドラウパディーは、苦しめられ、月の穢れの時にさえ、王の सभाのただ中で辱めを受けた。さらに王（ユディシュティラ）は、シャクニの周到に計られた邪悪な決意によって、賽の勝負に敗れさせられた。今日、お前自身の目で見よ—その不義の重く不吉な果報を。満座の宮廷でドラウパディーを苦しめたこと、シャクニの助言により欺いて王を打ち負かしたこと、そして罪なきパーンドゥの子らに対して重ねた数々の罪と暴虐、そのすべての報いを。」
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
Adharma—especially public humiliation, deceit in gambling, and violence against the innocent—inevitably ripens into painful consequences. The verse frames the war’s suffering as the moral fruit (karma-phala) of earlier injustices, highlighting the duty to protect the vulnerable and uphold fairness.
Sañjaya recalls the infamous dice-hall episode: Draupadī was distressed and abused in the assembly while Yudhiṣṭhira was fraudulently defeated through Śakuni’s stratagem. He points to the present calamity as the visible outcome of those past wrongs committed against Draupadī and the Pāṇḍavas.