Shloka 44
पुनर्द्यूत-समाह्वानम्
Renewed Summons to the Dice-Game and Exile Wager
दुःशासनश्लापि समीक्ष्य कृष्णा- मवेक्षमाणां कृपणान् पतींस्तान् । आधूय वेगेन विसंज्ञकल्पा मुवाच दासीति हसन् सशब्दम्
vaiśampāyana uvāca | duḥśāsanaś cāpi samīkṣya kṛṣṇām avekṣamāṇāṁ kṛpaṇān patīṁs tān | ādhūya vegena visaṁjñakalpāṁ uvāca dāsīti hasan saśabdam ||
Vaiśampāyana disse: Duḥśāsana também, ao ver Kṛṣṇā (Draupadī) olhar para aqueles maridos seus, tão desolados, sacudiu-a com violência; e, enquanto ela estava como que desfalecida, ele riu alto e a chamou em voz sonora: “Escrava!”
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights how adharma manifests as public cruelty and dehumanization: Duḥśāsana’s loud taunt ‘dāsī’ and physical manhandling show the erosion of restraint and compassion in the sabhā, making the moral failure of the powerful unmistakable.
In the Kuru assembly, Draupadī looks toward her helpless husbands; Duḥśāsana notices this, violently shakes her, and mockingly calls her a ‘slave-girl’ while laughing aloud, as she is nearly fainting from shock and distress.