Mahabharata 7.201.32 — Drona Parva, Adhyaya 201, Shloka 32

Devanagari script

येनाविन्लुवता प्रश्न॑ तथा कृष्णा सभां गता । उपेक्षिता सपुत्रेण दासभावं नियच्छती

Transliteration

yenāvinluvata praśnaṁ tathā kṛṣṇā sabhāṁ gatā | upekṣitā saputreṇa dāsabhāvaṁ niyacchatī ||

Translation

สัญชัยกล่าวว่า—เมื่อเทราปที (กฤษณา) ถูกนำเข้าสู่ท้องพระโรง คำถามของนางกลับไร้คำตอบ; และเขาผู้นั้น—พร้อมบุตรของตน—ได้แสดงความหมิ่นแคลนต่อนาง ในขณะนั้นพระมเหสีผู้ไร้ที่พึ่งกำลังพยายามสุดกำลังเพื่อปัดเป่าสภาพแห่งความเป็นทาสที่ถูกยัดเยียดให้

Word by Word

• येन: by which / whereby
• येन: Karana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद्
• Form: neuter, instrumental, singular

• अविन्लुवता: by (him) not answering / not responding
• अविन्लुवता: Karana
• Type: Verb
• Root: वि-लू (लुनाति) (with neg. a-)
• Form: शतृ (present active participle), masculine, instrumental, singular

• प्रश्नम्: question
• प्रश्नम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रश्न
• Form: masculine, accusative, singular

• तथा: thus / in that manner
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा

• कृष्णा: Kṛṣṇā (Draupadī)
• कृष्णा: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: कृष्णा
• Form: feminine, nominative, singular

• सभाम्: assembly hall
• सभाम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: सभा
• Form: feminine, accusative, singular

• गता: went / having gone
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम्
• Form: क्त (past passive participle, used actively), feminine, nominative, singular

• उपेक्षिता: was neglected / disregarded
• Type: Verb
• Root: उप-ईक्ष्
• Form: क्त (past passive participle), feminine, nominative, singular

• सपुत्रेण: by (him) together with his son
• सपुत्रेण: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सपुत्र
• Form: masculine, instrumental, singular

• दासभावम्: state of slavery
• दासभावम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: दासभाव
• Form: masculine, accusative, singular

• नियच्छती: restrains / checks / seeks to prevent
• Type: Verb
• Root: नि-यम्
• Form: present, parasmaipada, 3rd, singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Kṛṣṇā (Draupadī)
• sabhā (royal assembly hall)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights the ethical failure of ignoring a righteous question in a public forum: silence and indifference in the face of injustice become a form of participation in wrongdoing, especially when a vulnerable person is being pushed into servitude.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya recalls the episode of Draupadī being brought into the assembly and raising a decisive question about her status; those responsible, along with a son, disregard her and do not answer, while she struggles to prevent being treated as a slave.