Mahabharata 9.61.43 — Shalya Parva, Adhyaya 61, Shloka 43

Duryodhana-śibira-praveśaḥ — The Pāṇḍavas Enter the Kaurava Camp; The Burning of Arjuna’s Chariot

Devanagari script

प्रदीपिता जतुगृहे मात्रा सह सुदुर्मते । सभायां याज्ञसेनी च कृष्टा द्यूते रजस्वला

Transliteration

pradīpitā jatu-gṛhe mātrā saha su-durmate | sabhāyāṃ yājñasenī ca kṛṣṭā dyūte rajasvalā ||

Translation

風神ヴァーユは言った。「ああ、なんと愚かに迷いきった者よ。汝らは漆の館に火を放ち、彼らの母をも焼き殺そうとした。さらに王の सभाにおいて、賽の勝負のさなか、月の穢れの最中にあったヤージュニャセニー（ドラウパディー）をさえ引きずり出したのだ。」

Word by Word

• प्रदीपिता: set on fire / ignited
• प्रदीपिता: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्रदीपित (प्र + √दीप्)
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• जतुगृहे: in the house of lac
• जतुगृहे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: जतुगृह
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• मात्रा: by the mother
• मात्रा: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: मातृ
• Form: Feminine, Instrumental, Singular

• सह: together with
• सह: Karana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सह

• सुदुर्मते: by the very evil-minded (one)
• सुदुर्मते: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुदुर्मति
• Form: Feminine, Instrumental, Singular

• सभायाम्: in the assembly hall
• सभायाम्: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: सभा
• Form: Feminine, Locative, Singular

• याज्ञसेनी: Yajñasenī (Draupadī)
• याज्ञसेनी: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: याज्ञसेनी
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• कृष्टा: dragged / pulled
• कृष्टा: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कृष्ट (√कृष्)
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• द्यूते: in the gambling (match)
• द्यूते: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्यूत
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• रजस्वला: menstruating
• रजस्वला: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: रजस्वला
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

वायुदेव उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vāyudeva
• mātrā (mother)
• jatu-gṛha (lac-house)
• sabhā (assembly hall)
• Yājñasenī (Draupadī)
• dyūta (dice-game)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse condemns grave adharma: attempted murder (the lac-house plot) and the public violation of a woman’s dignity (dragging Draupadī in the assembly, especially while rajasvalā). It frames these acts as moral crimes that demand accountability and become causes of catastrophic conflict.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vāyu recalls two notorious wrongs from earlier events: the burning of the lac-house in which the speaker’s mother perished, and Draupadī being dragged in the royal hall during the dice match. The recollection functions as an accusation and a moral indictment of the addressed person’s conduct.