Shloka 6

द्रौपद्याः भीमसेन-प्रबोधनम्

Draupadī Awakens Bhīmasena

Devanagari script

द्रौपहुवाच यथैवाहं नाभिचरे कदाचित्‌ पतीन्‌ मदाद्‌ वै मनसापि जातु । तेनैव सत्येन वशीकृतं त्वां द्रष्टास्मि पापं परिकृष्ममाणम्‌

Transliteration

drauapady uvāca yathaivāhaṁ nābhicare kadācit patīn madād vai manasāpi jātu | tenaiva satyena vaśīkṛtaṁ tvāṁ draṣṭāsmi pāpaṁ parikṛṣyamāṇam ||

Translation

Драупади сказала: «Если правда, что я никогда — даже в мыслях — из гордыни не поступала против своих мужей, то силой этой самой истины я увижу тебя, грешник, поверженным под власть другого и волочимым по земле».

Word by Word

• {'yathā eva': 'just as

• if indeed (introducing a solemn condition)', 'aham': 'I', 'nābhicare': 'I did not transgress

• I did not act improperly (toward)', 'kadācit': 'ever

• at any time', 'patīn': 'husbands (lords), accusative plural', 'madāt': 'from pride, intoxication, arrogance', 'manasā api': 'even with the mind

• even mentally', 'jātu': 'ever

• at all', 'tena eva satyena': 'by that very truth (satyavacana / truth-act)', 'vaśīkṛtam': 'subjugated

• brought under control', 'tvām': 'you', 'draṣṭā asmi': 'I shall see (it)

• I am destined to witness', 'pāpam': 'O sinner

• wicked one', 'parikṛṣyamāṇam': 'being dragged about

Speaker

कीचक उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Draupadī
• husbands (the Pāṇḍavas, implied)
• Kīcaka (contextual addressee)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights satya (truthfulness) as a moral and spiritual force: Draupadī invokes her inner fidelity and restraint as a ‘truth-act’ that empowers justice against wrongdoing.

What is happening in the narrative?

In the Virāṭa court episode, Draupadī confronts her harasser and, asserting her unwavering loyalty to her husbands, foretells that he will be overpowered and dragged—anticipating his imminent punishment.