Mahabharata 3.37.236 — Vana Parva, Adhyaya 37, Shloka 236
Vyāsa’s Counsel to Yudhiṣṭhira: Pratismṛti-vidyā, Arjuna’s Aśtra-Quest, and the Move to Kāmyaka
मनांस्यादाय सर्वेषां कृष्णा वचनमत्रवीत् । शालवृक्षके समान कंधे और जाँघोंसे सुशोभित वीर अर्जुनको इस प्रकार सबके चित्तको चुराकर प्रस्थान करते देख द्रौपदी इस प्रकार बोली
manāṁsy ādāya sarveṣāṁ kṛṣṇā vacanam abravīt |
मनांस्यादाय सर्वेषां कृष्णा वचनमब्रवीत्। शालवृक्षसमस्कन्धजङ्घोरुं वीरमर्जुनम्। प्रस्थितं सर्वलोकेषु मोहयन्तमिव प्रभुम्॥
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The verse foregrounds the ethical power of speech and presence: a righteous person’s actions can move the hearts of others, and Draupadī’s forthcoming words are positioned as a moral appeal—calling attention to duty, resolve, and the human cost of exile.
The narrator introduces Draupadī’s speech: she sees Arjuna departing, admired by all for his heroic bearing, and she begins to address him—setting up a dialogue that will shape the episode’s moral and emotional direction.
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