Shloka 49

Kṛṣṇa at Duryodhana’s House: Refusal of Hospitality and Departure to Vidura (कृष्णस्य धार्तराष्ट्रनिवेशनगमनम्)

Devanagari script

न प्रियो मम कृष्णाया बीभत्सुर्न युधिष्ठिर: । भीमसेनो यमौ वापि यदपश्यं सभागताम्‌

Transliteration

na priyo mama kṛṣṇāyā bībhatsur na yudhiṣṭhiraḥ | bhīmaseno yamau vāpi yad apaśyaṃ sabhāgatām ||

Translation

വൈശമ്പായനൻ പറഞ്ഞു—എന്റെ കൃഷ്ണയെ (ദ്രൗപദിയെ) സഭയിലേക്കു വലിച്ചുകൊണ്ടുവന്നതായി ഞാൻ കണ്ട ആ നിമിഷം, ബീഭത്സു (അർജുനൻ) ആയാലും, യുധിഷ്ഠിരൻ ആയാലും, ഭീമസേനൻ ആയാലും, യമജന്മാരായ ഇരട്ടകളായാലും—ആരും എനിക്ക് പ്രിയരായിരുന്നില്ല.

Word by Word

नnot

प्रियःdear, beloved

ममof me, my

कृष्णायाःof Kṛṣṇā (Draupadī)

बीभत्सुःBībhatsu (Arjuna)

नnor / not

युधिष्ठिरःYudhiṣṭhira

भीमसेनःBhīmasena (Bhīma)

यमौthe twins (Nakula and Sahadeva)

वाor

अपिalso, even

यत्which, that (fact that)

अपश्यम्I saw

सभागताम्having come to the assembly; present in the hall

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

Kṛṣṇā (Draupadī)

Bībhatsu (Arjuna)

Yudhiṣṭhira

Bhīmasena (Bhīma)

Yamau (Nakula and Sahadeva)

Sabhā (assembly/court)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Public injustice and humiliation can overturn ordinary bonds of affection; dharma demands that wrongs done in a royal assembly be recognized as grave ethical failures, especially when protectors remain ineffective.

What is happening in the narrative?

The speaker recalls seeing Draupadī brought into the assembly; in that moment, her husbands—Arjuna, Yudhiṣṭhira, Bhīma, and the twins—are described as not being ‘dear’ to her (or not standing as dear/protective figures), highlighting the crisis created by her being subjected to a public affront.