Shloka 19
Udyoga Parva, Adhyāya 72 — Bhīmasena’s counsel on conciliation and Duryodhana’s disposition
आकृष्य केशे रुदती सभायां राजसंसदि । भीष्मद्रोणप्रमुखतो गौरिति व्याहृता मुहुः
ākṛṣya keśe rudatī sabhāyāṃ rājasansadi | bhīṣmadroṇapramukhato gaur iti vyāhṛtā muhuḥ ||
ຢຸທິສຖິຣະ ກ່າວວ່າ: “ເຂົາລາກນາງດ້ວຍການດຶງຜົມ ໃນຂະນະທີ່ນາງຮ້ອງໄຫ້ຢູ່ໃນສະພາຫຼວງ—ຕໍ່ໜ້າ ພີສະມະ, ໂດຣນະ ແລະບັນດາຜູ້ເຖົ້າຜູ້ແກ່ອັນເປັນຫົວໜ້າ—ແລະເຂົາຮ້ອງເອີ້ນນາງຊ້ໍາໆດ້ວຍຄໍາດ່າວ່າ ‘ງົວ!’ ນີ້ແມ່ນການຫຍັບຢາມຕໍ່ໜ້າສາທາລະນະອັນໂຫດຮ້າຍ ທີ່ເປີດເຜີຍການພັງທະລາຍຂອງທັມມະໃນສານ.”
युधिछिर उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights how public institutions collapse when power is used to humiliate the vulnerable and when respected elders remain passive. It frames the outrage not only as personal cruelty but as a visible breach of dharma within the royal court.
Yudhiṣṭhira recalls Draupadī’s humiliation in the assembly: she is dragged by the hair while crying, and in front of Bhīṣma, Droṇa, and other leaders she is repeatedly taunted with the word ‘cow,’ underscoring the court’s moral failure.