Shloka 9
तथेत्युक्त्वा तु सा देवी ख्रवन्नेत्रजलाविला । शोणिताक्तैकवसना मुक्तकेशी विनिर्ययौ
tathety uktvā tu sā devī sravann netra-jalāvilā | śoṇitāktaika-vasanā mukta-keśī viniryayau ||
“Assim seja”, disse a nobre senhora, e acatou a ordem. Com lágrimas a correr-lhe dos olhos, ela saiu — vestindo apenas uma única peça, manchada de sangue, e com os cabelos soltos e desgrenhados — deixando os aposentos interiores naquele mesmo estado.
वैशमग्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights the ethical crisis when a wronged person is brought before power: dignity and protection of the vulnerable are central to dharma, and the silence or complicity of elders in the face of injustice becomes a grave moral failure.
Draupadī, distressed and weeping, accepts an instruction (“so be it”) and comes out from the inner quarters into the public space in a state of visible humiliation—single garment, blood-stained, hair unbound—marking the escalation of the court’s wrongdoing.