Shloka 12
भीमसेन! तुम सब लोगोंके देखते-देखते केलेके पत्तेकी तरह काँपती हुई, जूएमें हारी गयी, रजस्वला और निर्दोष अंगवाली द्रौपदीको दुःशासनने मूर्खतावश जब दासीकी भाँति घसीटा था, तभी मुझे मालूम हो गया था कि अब इस कुलका पराभव होकर ही रहेगा ।। निषण्णा: कुरवश्चैव तदा मे श्वशुरादय: । सा दैवं नाथमिच्छन्ती व्यलपत् कुररी यथा
niṣaṇṇāḥ kuravaś caiva tadā me śvaśurādayaḥ | sā daivaṃ nātham icchantī vyalapat kurarī yathā ||
Sinabi ni Vaiśampāyana: Noon, ang mga Kuru—ang aking biyenan at ang iba pa—ay nakaupo, natigilan at tahimik. Si Draupadī, na ang tanging inaasam na tagapagtanggol ay ang Banal, ay humagulgol na parang ibong kurarī na nasa matinding dalamhati.
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
When injustice occurs, the passive silence of those with authority becomes a moral failure; in such abandonment, the afflicted seek refuge in the Divine as the last protector.
In recollection of the dice-hall outrage, the Kuru elders sit helplessly while Draupadī, desperate for protection, cries out in anguish—likened to the plaintive cry of a kurarī-bird.