Shloka 11
पाण्डवानां वनप्रस्थानवर्णनम् / The Pāṇḍavas’ Departure for the Forest
Vidura’s Report and Portents
कदलीस्तम्भसदृशं सर्वलक्षणसंयुतम् । गजहस्तप्रतीकाशं वज्रप्रतिमगौरवम्
kadalī-stambha-sadṛśaṁ sarva-lakṣaṇa-saṁyutam | gaja-hasta-pratīkāśaṁ vajra-pratima-gauravam ||
ໄວສັມປາຍະນະ ກ່າວວ່າ: «(ລາວໄດ້ສະແດງ) ຂາອ່ອນຊ້າຍຂອງຕົນ—ໜາດັ່ງລໍາຕົ້ນກ້ວຍ ພ້ອມດ້ວຍໝາຍລັກຂອງພະລັງອັນແຂງແກ່ ມີສັນຂຶ້ນລົງດັ່ງງວງຊ້າງ ແລະໜັກແຂງດັ່ງວັດຊະຣະ».
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse underscores how arrogance and the intoxication of power lead to adharma: public humiliation and sexualized insult become moral transgressions that demand accountability, setting in motion consequences that culminate in catastrophic conflict.
In the assembly-hall episode, Duryodhana, emboldened and mocking, displays his thigh toward Draupadī as an act of contempt and provocation, while encouraging Karṇa and slighting Bhīma—an insult remembered later as a key cause for Bhīma’s vow of retribution.