Shloka 23
Kīcaka-vadha-pratisaṃjñā: Rumor in Matsya and the Kaurava Scouts’ Report (कीचकवध-प्रतिसंज्ञा)
इस प्रकार श्रीमह्याभारत विराटपर्वके अन्तर्गत कीचकवधपर्वमें तेईसवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ
bṛhannalovāca—bṛhannalāpi kalyāṇi duḥkham āproty anuttamam | tiryagyonigatā bāle na cainām avabudhyase ||
ブリハンナラーは言った。「めでたき乙女よ、このブリハンナラーでさえ、耐え難い苦境に落ちたのだ。獣のごとき卑しい境遇（辱められた身）に至りながら、そなたはなお無垢ゆえに、我が何者かを真には悟れぬ。」
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights the ethical weight of hidden suffering: a person may endure intense humiliation or hardship under a disguise or degraded condition, and outsiders—especially the innocent—may fail to recognize the depth of that pain or the person’s true identity.
Bṛhannalā (Arjuna in concealment during the Pāṇḍavas’ incognito year) speaks to a young woman, explaining that she too bears extreme suffering by being forced into a low, socially diminished condition, and that the listener does not yet understand her true situation/identity.