Shloka 32
येनाविन्लुवता प्रश्न॑ तथा कृष्णा सभां गता । उपेक्षिता सपुत्रेण दासभावं नियच्छती,'पुत्रसहित जिन्होंने सभामें लायी गयी द्रौपदीके प्रश्नका उत्तर न देकर उसके प्रति उपेक्षा दिखायी, उस समय वह बेचारी हमारे दासभावके निवारणका प्रयत्न कर रही थी
yenāvinluvata praśnaṁ tathā kṛṣṇā sabhāṁ gatā | upekṣitā saputreṇa dāsabhāvaṁ niyacchatī ||
सञ्जय उवाच—येन सभायां नीतायाः कृष्णायाः प्रश्नोऽनुत्तरितः कृतः, स च सपुत्रेणोपेक्षितवती; तस्मिन् काले सा दीनवदना दासीभावनियमनिवारणाय यत्नं चकार।
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights the ethical failure of ignoring a righteous question in a public forum: silence and indifference in the face of injustice become a form of participation in wrongdoing, especially when a vulnerable person is being pushed into servitude.
Sañjaya recalls the episode of Draupadī being brought into the assembly and raising a decisive question about her status; those responsible, along with a son, disregard her and do not answer, while she struggles to prevent being treated as a slave.