Shloka 16
Udyoga-parva Adhyāya 30: Sañjaya’s Departure and Yudhiṣṭhira’s Commission of Greetings
यत् कुन्तीं समतिक्रम्य कृष्णां केशेष्वधर्षयत् । दुःशासनस्ते5नुमते तच्चास्माभिरुपेक्षितम्
yat kuntīṁ samatikramya kṛṣṇāṁ keśeṣv adharṣayat | duḥśāsanas te 'numate tac cāsmābhir upekṣitam ||
Yudhiṣṭhira disse: “Com o teu consentimento, Duḥśāsana, desconsiderando até a mãe Kuntī, lançou mãos violentas sobre Kṛṣṇā (Draupadī), agarrando-a pelos cabelos. Também esse ultraje nós suportamos e deixamos passar.”
युधिछिर उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse frames moral accountability: grave public wrongs—especially violence and humiliation of a protected woman—cannot be excused as mere political rivalry. Yudhiṣṭhira highlights that the Pāṇḍavas had restrained themselves even after intolerable injustice, implying that continued impunity and approval of wrongdoing destroys dharma and makes conflict inevitable.
In the Udyoga Parva negotiations, Yudhiṣṭhira recalls past atrocities to show the Kauravas’ culpability. He points to Duḥśāsana’s assault on Draupadī—grabbing her hair—done with the addressee’s consent, and notes that the Pāṇḍavas had nevertheless endured it, underscoring both their prior restraint and the Kauravas’ escalating adharma.