Shloka 33
उद्योगपर्व — अध्याय ८१: कृष्णस्य दूतप्रयाणम्
Udyoga Parva, Chapter 81: Krishna Sets Out as Envoy
वैशम्पायन उवाच इत्युक्त्वा मृदुसंहारं वृजिनाग्रं सुदर्शनम् । सुनीलमसितापाडुी सर्वगन्धाधिवासितम्
vaiśampāyana uvāca | ity uktvā mṛdu-saṃhāraṃ vṛjina-agraṃ sudarśanam | su-nīlam asitā-pāṇḍu sarva-gandhādhivāsitam |
ヴァイシャンパーヤナは語った。「ジャナメージャヤ王よ、そう言い終えると、ドルパダの娘クリシュナー（ドラウパディー）は、左手に自らの髪束を取った――やわらかくまとめられ、目を奪うほど美しく、深い青黒色で、黒く艶やかに輝き、あらゆる香で薫っていた。蓮華の眼を持ち、象のごとき歩みのその姫は、蓮華眼のシュリー・クリシュナのもとへ近づいた。瞳に涙を満たし、こうして語り始めた。」
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse frames a moral appeal: personal suffering is brought before a dharma-protecting figure (Kṛṣṇa) not merely as emotion, but as a demand for righteous response to wrongdoing. It highlights that injustice, when endured, seeks ethical redress through rightful counsel and action.
After speaking, Draupadī takes her gathered, fragrant, dark tresses in her left hand and goes to Kṛṣṇa. With tear-filled eyes she begins to address him, signaling a turning point where her anguish and the memory of insult are presented as grounds for decisive intervention.