Shloka 17
भीष्मद्रोणयोर्दुर्योधनं प्रति शमोपदेशः | Bhīṣma and Droṇa’s Counsel of Conciliation to Duryodhana
न राज्यहरणं दु:खं द्यूते चापि पराजय: । प्रत्राजनं सुतानां वा न मे तद् दुःखकारणम्
na rājyaharaṇaṁ duḥkhaṁ dyūte cāpi parājayaḥ | pratrājanaṁ sutānāṁ vā na me tad duḥkhakāraṇam, śrīkṛṣṇa |
«ໂອ ພຣະສີກຣິດສະນາ! ການຖືກຍຶດອານາຈັກບໍ່ແມ່ນຄວາມໂສກທີ່ໃຫຍ່ສຸດຂອງຂ້າ. ການແພ້ໃນການພະນັນກໍບໍ່ແມ່ນ, ແລະການຖືກຂັບໄລ່ລູກຊາຍໄປຢູ່ປ່າກໍບໍ່ແມ່ນຕົ້ນເຫດແຫ່ງຄວາມທຸກຂອງຂ້າ. ຄວາມປວດຮ້າຍທີ່ສຸດຂອງຂ້າຄື: ໃນທ່າມກາງສະພາອັນໃຫຍ່ ດຣອບະດີ ລູກສະໄພສາວຜູ້ອ່ອນໄວແລະງາມ ຮ້ອງໄຫ້ ແລ້ວຕ້ອງຟັງຄໍາຫຍາບຄາຍ ແລະຫຍັບຫຍາມຂອງດຸຣະໂຢທະນະ.»
पुत्र उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse ranks sufferings: material loss (kingdom), personal setback (defeat at dice), and even family hardship (sons’ exile) are portrayed as less painful than the moral injury of a woman’s public humiliation. It highlights that adharma—especially dishonor inflicted in a public court—creates a deeper wound than political or economic loss, and becomes a decisive ethical reason for seeking redress.
In Udyoga Parva, as war becomes imminent, the speaker (the ‘son’, i.e., Yudhiṣṭhira in context) speaks to Śrī Kṛṣṇa about what truly torments him. He says that the central grief is not the loss of the kingdom or the dice defeat, but Draupadī’s suffering in the assembly where she had to hear Duryodhana’s cruel insults—an outrage that demands justice.