Mahabharata 11.15.39 — Stree Parva, Adhyaya 15, Shloka 39
स्त्रीपर्व — अध्याय १५: गान्धारी-युधिष्ठिर-संवादः
Gandhārī’s Confrontation and Consolation of Yudhiṣṭhira
उत्थाप्य याज्ञसेनीं तु रुदतीं शोककर्शिताम् । तयैव सहिता चापि पुत्रैरनुगता नृप
utthāpya yājñasenīṁ tu rudatīṁ śokakarśitām | tayaiva sahitā cāpi putrair anugatā nṛpa ||
വൈശമ്പായനൻ പറഞ്ഞു—കരഞ്ഞുകൊണ്ടും ശോകത്തിൽ ക്ഷീണിച്ചും നിന്ന യാജ്ഞസേനിയെ (ദ്രൗപദിയെ) എഴുന്നേൽപ്പിച്ച് രാജാവ് അവളോടൊപ്പം മുന്നോട്ട് നീങ്ങി; അവളുടെ പുത്രന്മാരും പിന്നാലെ നടന്നു।
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
In the wake of catastrophe, dharma expresses itself as compassionate support: the grieving are to be physically and morally upheld by family and rulers, not left alone in sorrow.
Draupadī (Yājñasenī), overcome with grief and weeping, is helped up; the king continues with her, while her sons follow—depicting a procession amid mourning in the Strī Parva context.
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