Shloka 32

Devanagari script

येनाविन्लुवता प्रश्न॑ तथा कृष्णा सभां गता । उपेक्षिता सपुत्रेण दासभावं नियच्छती,'पुत्रसहित जिन्होंने सभामें लायी गयी द्रौपदीके प्रश्नका उत्तर न देकर उसके प्रति उपेक्षा दिखायी, उस समय वह बेचारी हमारे दासभावके निवारणका प्रयत्न कर रही थी

Transliteration

yenāvinluvata praśnaṁ tathā kṛṣṇā sabhāṁ gatā | upekṣitā saputreṇa dāsabhāvaṁ niyacchatī ||

Translation

ಸಂಜಯನು ಹೇಳಿದನು—ದ್ರೌಪದಿ (ಕೃಷ್ಣಾ) ಯನ್ನು ಸಭೆಗೆ ಕರೆತಂದಾಗ, ಅವಳ ಪ್ರಶ್ನೆಗೆ ಉತ್ತರ ನೀಡದೆ, ಅವನು ತನ್ನ ಮಗನೊಡನೆ ಸೇರಿ ಅವಳನ್ನು ತಿರಸ್ಕರಿಸಿದನು. ಆ ಕ್ಷಣದಲ್ಲಿ ಆ ಅಸಹಾಯಕ ರಾಣಿ ತನ್ನ ಮೇಲೆ ಹೇರಲಾಗುತ್ತಿದ್ದ ದಾಸ್ಯಸ್ಥಿತಿಯನ್ನು ತಡೆಯಲು ಯತ್ನಿಸುತ್ತಿದ್ದಳು.

Word by Word

येनby which / whereby

अविन्लुवताby (him) not answering / not responding

प्रश्नम्question

तथाthus / in that manner

कृष्णाKṛṣṇā (Draupadī)

सभाम्assembly hall

गताwent / having gone

उपेक्षिताwas neglected / disregarded

सपुत्रेणby (him) together with his son

दासभावम्state of slavery

नियच्छतीrestrains / checks / seeks to prevent

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Sañjaya

Kṛṣṇā (Draupadī)

sabhā (royal assembly hall)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Cross References

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights the ethical failure of ignoring a righteous question in a public forum: silence and indifference in the face of injustice become a form of participation in wrongdoing, especially when a vulnerable person is being pushed into servitude.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya recalls the episode of Draupadī being brought into the assembly and raising a decisive question about her status; those responsible, along with a son, disregard her and do not answer, while she struggles to prevent being treated as a slave.