Shloka 10
तां क्रोशन्ती पृथा दुःखादनुवब्राज गच्छतीम् । अथापश्यत् सुतान् सर्वान् हृताभरणवासस:
tāṁ krośantīṁ pṛthā duḥkhād anuvabrāja gacchatīm | athāpaśyat sutān sarvān hṛtābharaṇavāsasaḥ ||
Enquanto Draupadī prosseguia, clamando em angústia, Pṛthā (Kuntī), tomada pela dor, seguiu-a por certa distância. Então viu todos os seus filhos — despojados de vestes e ornamentos — imagem de humilhação que anuncia o colapso da dignidade régia e a desordem moral desencadeada na assembleia.
वैशमग्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights how adharma in public life produces cascading harm: the dishonoring of a woman and the stripping of the rightful heirs symbolize the erosion of dignity and justice. It implicitly condemns a polity where power overrides moral restraint.
Draupadī, crying in distress, is being led away; Kuntī follows her in grief. Kuntī then sees her sons (the Pāṇḍavas) in a state of disgrace, with their clothing and ornaments taken—indicating their subjugation and the severity of their humiliation.