Shloka 16
न क्ष॑स्यन्ते तथास्माभिर्जातु विप्रकृता हि ते । द्रौपद्याश्न॒ परिक्लेशं कस्तेषां क्षन्तुमहति,हमने उनका तिरस्कार किया है, अतः वे इसके लिये हमें कभी क्षमा न करेंगे। द्रौपदीको जो कष्ट दिया गया है, उसे उनमेंसे कौन चुपचाप सह लेगा?
na kṣaṁsyante tathāsmābhir jātu viprakṛtā hi te | draupadyāś ca parikleśaṁ kas teṣāṁ kṣantum arhati ||
दुर्योधन उवाच—न ते कदाचिदस्मान् क्षमिष्यन्ति; वयं हि तान् घोरं विप्रकृतवन्तः। द्रौपद्याः कृतं परिक्लेशं तेषां मध्ये कः शान्त्या सोढुमर्हति?
दुर्योधन उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights how grave injustice—especially public dishonor and cruelty—destroys the possibility of reconciliation. It implicitly warns that adharma (wrongdoing) generates lasting resentment and sets in motion consequences that cannot be contained by later appeals to peace.
In the aftermath of the Pāṇḍavas’ humiliation and Draupadī’s suffering in the royal assembly, Duryodhana reflects on the inevitability of their anger. He recognizes that the wrong done to them, and particularly to Draupadī, makes forgiveness unlikely and foreshadows escalating conflict.