Shloka 12
अध्याय १५ — कीचकस्य अत्याचारः, द्रौपद्याः सभाशरणगमनम्
Kīcaka’s coercion and Draupadī’s appeal in the assembly
न चाहमनवलद्याड्ि तव वेश्मनि भामिनि । कामवृत्ता भविष्यामि पतीनां व्यभिचारिणी,निर्दोष अंगोंवाली देवि! मैं आपके महलमें अपने पतियोंकी दृष्टिमें व्यभिचारिणी और स्वेच्छाचारिणी होकर नहीं रहूँगी
na cāham anavaladyāḍi tava veśmani bhāmini | kāmavṛttā bhaviṣyāmi patīnām vyabhicāriṇī ||
ವೈಶಂಪಾಯನನು ಹೇಳಿದನು— ಓ ಭಾಮಿನಿ! ನಿನ್ನ ಅರಮನೆಯಲ್ಲಿ ನಾನು ದೋಷಾರ್ಹಳಾಗಿ ಕಾಣುವಂತೆ ಇರುವುದಿಲ್ಲ. ನಾನು ಸ್ವೇಚ್ಛಾಚಾರಿಣಿಯಾಗುವುದಿಲ್ಲ; ಪತಿಗಳ प्रति ವ್ಯಭಿಚಾರಿಣಿ ಎಂದು ಕಾಣಿಸಲೂ ಬಿಡುವುದಿಲ್ಲ।
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse emphasizes dharma as moral self-restraint and the safeguarding of one’s reputation: a virtuous person refuses circumstances that could create suspicion of unfaithfulness or indulgence, even if no wrongdoing is intended.
In the Virāṭa episode, a woman speaks firmly about not staying in another’s palace in a manner that would make her appear sexually wayward or disloyal to her husbands, underscoring her commitment to marital fidelity and social propriety.