Shloka 363
Draupadī’s Exhortation on Rājadharma and Daṇḍa (द्रौपद्याः राजधर्मोपदेशः)
त्वं तु सर्वा महीं त्यक्त्वा कुरुषे स््वयमापदम् । ये सब लोग आपको समझानेका प्रयत्न कर रहे हैं
tvaṃ tu sarvāṃ mahīṃ tyaktvā kuruṣe svayam āpadam |
त्वं तु सर्वां महीं त्यक्त्वा कुरुषे स्वयमापदम् । बहवोऽपि हि ते राजन् बोधयन्ति न बुध्यसे ॥ यदिदं मया प्रोक्तं तन्न मिथ्या कथञ्चन । सर्वपृथ्वीपतित्वं त्यक्त्वा स्वयमेव विपद्यसे ॥
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
Renouncing rightful responsibility—especially the duty of governance—can itself become adharma when it leads to preventable harm; ignoring wise counsel and choosing a course that manufactures one’s own downfall is ethically blameworthy.
The narrator frames a rebuke directed at a person who is giving up dominion over the whole realm; despite repeated attempts by others to advise and dissuade him, he persists, and the speaker warns that this choice is creating an avoidable disaster.