Shloka 28
सौप्तिकपर्व — धृष्टद्युम्नसारथिवृत्तान्तः
Report of the Night Raid and Yudhiṣṭhira’s Lament
माद्रीसुतस्तत् परिगृहा वाक््यं धर्मेण धर्मप्रतिमस्य राज्ञ: । ययौ रथेनालयमाशो देव्या: पाञ्चालराजस्य च यत्र दारा:
mādrīsutas tat parigṛhya vākyaṁ dharmeṇa dharmapratimasya rājñaḥ | yayau rathenālayam āśu devyāḥ pāñcālarājasya ca yatra dārāḥ ||
Si Nakula, anak ni Mādrī, ay magalang na tumanggap sa utos ni Haring Yudhiṣṭhira—na matatag sa dharma at wari’y si Dharma mismo—at agad na umalis sakay ng karwahe patungo sa tirahan ng reyna na si Draupadī, sa pook na tinitirhan din ng mga kababaihan ng sambahayang maharlika ng Pāñcāla.
सूत उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights dharma expressed as disciplined obedience: a righteous king’s command, grounded in ethical order, is accepted with respect and carried out promptly, showing how duty and moral authority guide action even amid crisis.
Nakula receives and accepts Yudhiṣṭhira’s instruction and immediately rides by chariot to the women’s residential quarters—Draupadī’s dwelling, where the Pāñcāla royal women also reside—marking a swift movement to a protected inner space within the palace complex.