Shloka 11
सूक्ष्पप्रावारानजिनोत्तरीयान् दृष्टवारण्ये निर्धनानप्रतिष्ठान् । कां त्वं प्रीतिं लप्स्यसे याज्ञसेनि पतिं वृणीष्वेह यमन्यमिच्छसि
sūkṣmaprāvārān ajinottarīyān dṛṣṭvā araṇye nirdhanān apratiṣṭhān | kāṃ tvaṃ prītiṃ lapsyase yājñaseni patiṃ vṛṇīṣveha yam anyam icchasi ||
Vaiśampāyana berkata: “Apabila engkau melihat para Pāṇḍava—yang dahulu memakai pakaian halus dan indah—kini di rimba, miskin, tanpa martabat, dan berselimut kulit rusa, kegembiraan apakah yang akan engkau peroleh? Wahai Yājñasenī, pilihlah di sini lelaki lain sebagai suami—sesiapa yang engkau kehendaki.”
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse frames a moral test: whether Draupadī’s commitment is grounded in dharma and loyalty or in comfort and social prestige. It highlights the ethical tension between worldly security and steadfast fidelity amid adversity.
A speaker (reported by Vaiśampāyana) taunts or pressures Draupadī by pointing to the Pāṇḍavas’ impending/imagined hardship in the forest—poor, disgraced, wearing deerskins—and urges her to abandon them and choose another husband.