Shloka 8
Ādi Parva, Adhyāya 180 — Svayaṃvara-Virodha and Pāṇḍava Parākrama
Draupadī Episode
तान् भूगूणां यदा दारान् वक्रिन्नाभ्युपपद्यत । माता तदा दधारेयमूरुणैकेन मां शुभा
tān bhṛgūṇāṃ yadā dārān rakṣitā nābhyupapadyata | mātā tadā dadhāreyam ūrūṇā ekena māṃ śubhā || tataḥ paramaduṣprāpam anyair ṛṣir udāradhīḥ | samāpipayiṣuḥ satraṃ tam atriḥ samupāgamat ||
ອູຣະວະໄດ້ກ່າວວ່າ: «ເມື່ອບໍ່ມີຜູ້ປົກປ້ອງໃດໆ ສໍາລັບພັນລະຍາຂອງພວກພຣຶກຸ, ແມ່ຜູ້ປະເສີດຂອງຂ້າໄດ້ຊ່ອນຂ້າໄວ້ໃນຂາອ່ອນຂ້າງໜຶ່ງຂອງນາງ. ຕໍ່ມາ ເມື່ອຮູ້ວ່າການໃຫ້ພິທີສັດຣະນັ້ນສິ້ນສຸດ ສໍາລັບຄົນອື່ນແມ່ນຍາກຢ່າງຍິ່ງ, ລະສີອັດຣິຜູ້ມີປັນຍາກວ້າງໃຫຍ່ ໄດ້ມາທີ່ນັ້ນ ດ້ວຍຄວາມປາຖະໜາໃຫ້ສັດຣະນັ້ນຖືກປິດສິ້ນ»។
ऑर्व उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse foregrounds dharma as protection: when social order fails to provide a guardian, a mother’s courageous, resourceful protection preserves lineage and life. It also highlights restraint in ritual power—great sages like Atri intervene to conclude a dangerous or unmanageable sacrificial undertaking rather than let it escalate.
Auruva recounts how, during a time when the Bhṛgu women lacked any protector, his mother concealed him in her thigh to save him. Then the sage Atri arrives, intending to bring a prolonged sacrificial session (satra) to its proper conclusion, recognizing that ending it would be extremely difficult for others.