Shloka 30
द्रौपद्याः भीमसेन-प्रबोधनम्
Draupadī Awakens Bhīmasena
मयात्र शक्यं कि कर्तु विराटे धर्मदूषके । यः पश्यन् मां मर्षयति वध्यमानामनागसम्
mayātra śakyaṃ kiṃ kartuṃ virāṭe dharmadūṣake | yaḥ paśyan māṃ marṣayati vadhyamānām anāgasam ||
ヴァイシャンパーヤナは語った。「ここで私は何ができよう。ダルマを汚すヴィラータが権勢を保っているのだから。彼は見ていながら耐え忍び、罪なき無力な女である私が、その眼前で打たれるのを許している。このような王がいるかぎり、どうしてこの辱めに報い、曲がった理を正すことができようか。」
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
A ruler who passively tolerates injustice—especially violence against the innocent—fails in rājadharma and becomes a ‘defiler of dharma’; ethical authority requires active protection, not mere witnessing.
The speaker laments that King Virāṭa, though present, allows an innocent woman to be assaulted before his eyes; she questions what remedy or retaliation is possible while such a negligent king remains in control.