Shloka 31
Adhyāya 160: Arjuna’s Envoy-Message—Critique of Borrowed Valor and Pre-dawn Mobilization
सा वो दास्ये समापन्नान् मोक्षयामास पार्षती । अमानुष्यं समापन्नान् दासकर्मण्यवस्थितान्
sā vo dāsye samāpannān mokṣayāmāsa pārṣatī | amānuṣyaṃ samāpannān dāsakarmaṇy avasthitān |
Wika ni Ulūka: “Nang kayo’y bumagsak sa kalagayang pagkaalipin—ibinaba sa abang, kahiya-hiyang anyo na di karapat-dapat sa isang lalaki at nakatali sa gawaing pang-alipin—si Pārṣatī (Draupadī), anak ni Drupada, ang siyang nagpalaya sa inyo mula sa panganib ng pagkakagapos na iyon.”
उलूक उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights the ethical shame of being reduced to servitude through adharma and the moral force of liberation: dignity lost through injustice can be restored by steadfast righteousness and courageous intervention—here attributed to Draupadī.
Ulūka, speaking as a messenger in the Udyoga Parva, taunts the opposing side by recalling an earlier humiliation: the addressees had fallen into a state of slavery, and Draupadī (Drupada’s daughter) was the one who delivered them from that bondage.