Shloka 18
Adhyaya 11 — Draupadī’s Grief, Demand for Justice, and Bhīma’s Departure
धर्म्य॑ धर्मेण धर्मज्ञे प्राप्तास्ते निधनं शुभे | पुत्रास्ते भ्रातरश्नैव तान्न शोचितुमरहसि
vaiśampāyana uvāca | dharmyā dharmeṇa dharmajñe prāptās te nidhanaṃ śubhe | putrās te bhrātaraś caiva tān na śocitum arhasi ||
वैशम्पायन उवाच— शुभे, त्वं धर्म्या धर्मज्ञा च। तव पुत्राः भ्रातरश्च धर्मेण युद्ध्वा धर्मानुगतं निधनं प्राप्ताः; तस्मात् तेषां कृते शोकं कर्तुं नार्हसि।
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
Grief is tempered by dharma: when warriors meet death while fulfilling righteous duty, the survivor is urged to recognize the ethical frame of their end and restrain lamentation.
The narrator Vaiśampāyana addresses a bereaved woman, reminding her that her sons and brothers died in a dharma-consistent battle, and counsels her not to mourn them.