Shloka 33
उद्योगपर्व — अध्याय ८१: कृष्णस्य दूतप्रयाणम्
Udyoga Parva, Chapter 81: Krishna Sets Out as Envoy
वैशम्पायन उवाच इत्युक्त्वा मृदुसंहारं वृजिनाग्रं सुदर्शनम् । सुनीलमसितापाडुी सर्वगन्धाधिवासितम्
vaiśampāyana uvāca | ity uktvā mṛdu-saṃhāraṃ vṛjina-agraṃ sudarśanam | su-nīlam asitā-pāṇḍu sarva-gandhādhivāsitam |
Vaiśampāyana berkata: “Wahai Raja Janamejaya, setelah berkata demikian, puteri Drupada, Kṛṣṇā (Draupadī)—bermata laksana teratai dan berlangkah seperti gajah—menggenggam dengan tangan kirinya jalinan rambutnya yang dihimpun lembut, indah dipandang, biru-hitam pekat, hitam berkilau, serta harum oleh segala jenis wangi-wangian. Lalu ia mendekati Śrī Kṛṣṇa yang bermata teratai; matanya bergenang air mata, dan ia pun mulai berbicara.”
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse frames a moral appeal: personal suffering is brought before a dharma-protecting figure (Kṛṣṇa) not merely as emotion, but as a demand for righteous response to wrongdoing. It highlights that injustice, when endured, seeks ethical redress through rightful counsel and action.
After speaking, Draupadī takes her gathered, fragrant, dark tresses in her left hand and goes to Kṛṣṇa. With tear-filled eyes she begins to address him, signaling a turning point where her anguish and the memory of insult are presented as grounds for decisive intervention.