Shloka 30
Draupadī-apaharaṇa-saṃdeśaḥ
Report of Draupadī’s Abduction and the Pāṇḍavas’ Pursuit
प्रतिनिक्षिप्य तं वीर॑ कृत्या समभिपूज्य च । अनुज्ञाता च राज्ञा सा तथैवान्तरधीयत
pratinikṣipya taṃ vīraṃ kṛtyā samabhipūjya ca | anujñātā ca rājñā sā tathaivāntaradhīyata ||
அந்த வீரனை அங்கே வைத்துவிட்டு, க்ருத்யா முறையாக அவனைப் போற்றி மரியாதை செய்தாள். பின்னர் அரசனின் அனுமதி பெற்று, வந்ததுபோலவே கண்முன்னே மறைந்தாள்.
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights how extraordinary powers (kṛtyā) remain ethically charged: ritual efficacy does not equal righteousness. The king’s act of granting leave after the deed underscores responsibility and complicity—authority is accountable for what it commissions and permits.
A magically empowered being called Kṛtyā completes her task: she places the warrior at the intended spot, shows him formal honor, receives the king’s permission to depart, and then vanishes exactly as she came—signaling the end of her intervention.