Shloka 45
द्रौपदी-भीमसेनसंवादः
Draupadī–Bhīmasena Dialogue on Suffering, Kāla, and Daiva
कि नु मां मन्यसे पार्थ सुखिनीति परंतप । एवं दुःखशताविष्टा युधिष्ठिरनिमित्तत:,कुन्तीनन्दन! शत्रुदमन! क्या तुम समझते हो, यह सब देखकर मैं सुखी हूँ। राजा युधिष्ठिरके कारण ऐसे सैकड़ों दुःख मुझे सदा घेरे रहते हैं
ki nu māṁ manyase pārtha sukhinīti parantapa | evaṁ duḥkhaśatāviṣṭā yudhiṣṭhira-nimittataḥ ||
“โอ้ ปารถะ โอ้ ผู้เผาผลาญศัตรู—เจ้าคิดหรือว่าข้าสุข? เพราะยธิษฐิระ ข้าถูกห้อมล้อมด้วยความทุกข์นับร้อยอยู่เนืองนิตย์”
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights the hidden weight of dharma and responsibility: outward endurance can conceal deep inner suffering. It also points to how the fate and duties of a righteous leader (Yudhiṣṭhira) can become the cause of prolonged hardship for those bound to him by family and duty.
In the Virāṭa Parva context, the speaker expresses that she is not truly happy despite appearances; she is continually afflicted by many sorrows arising from Yudhiṣṭhira’s situation and the Pāṇḍavas’ difficult circumstances during their concealment/exile.