Mahabharata 4.50.12 — Virata Parva, Adhyaya 50, Shloka 12
अध्याय ५०: उत्तरेण सह अर्जुनस्य रथप्रयाणे ध्वजचिह्नैः कौरवसेनानिर्देशः
Arjuna directs Uttara by identifying Kaurava commanders through banners
तथैव कतमद् युद्ध यस्मिन् कृष्णा जिता त्वया । एकवस्त्रा सभां नीता दुष्टकर्मन् रजस्वला
tathaiva katamad yuddhaṃ yasmin kṛṣṇā jitā tvayā | ekavastrā sabhāṃ nītā duṣṭakarman rajovalā ||
सांग तर—कोणते असे युद्ध झाले होते की ज्यात तू कृष्णा (द्रौपदी)ला ‘जिंकले’ असे म्हणतोस? दुष्कर्मी पापी! तू तर एकवस्त्रधारी, रजस्वला अवस्थेतल्या त्या असहाय स्त्रीला ओढत राजसभेत आणलेस.
कृप उवाच
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Kṛpa exposes the moral emptiness of claiming ‘victory’ over Draupadī: true valor is proven in righteous battle, not by humiliating a vulnerable woman in an assembly. The verse condemns adharma, especially the violation of a woman’s dignity and the abuse of power.
In Virāṭa Parva, Kṛpa speaks critically to the Kaurava side, recalling the earlier outrage in the Kuru court: Draupadī was dragged into the sabhā while in a vulnerable condition. He challenges the boast that she was ‘won’ and frames it as a shameful act rather than a legitimate conquest.
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