Shloka 39
Adhyāya 14: Sudēṣṇā Sends Sairandhrī to Kīcaka’s House (सुदेष्णा–सैरन्ध्री–कीचक संवादः)
दोषान् बहुन् प्राणहरान् सर्वलोकविगर्लितान् | प्रोवाचेदं सुदुर्बुद्धिद्रौपदीमजितेन्द्रिय:
doṣān bahūn prāṇaharān sarvalokavigarhitān | provācedaṃ sudurbuddhir draupadīm ajitendriyaḥ ||
Sinabi ni Vaiśampāyana: “Bagaman batid niya na ang paghipo sa asawa ng ibang lalaki ay nagbubunga ng maraming mabibigat na kasalanan—kinamumuhian ng lahat at maaari pang humantong sa kamatayan—gayunman, ang lalaking alipin ng pagnanasa at baluktot ang pag-unawa ay nagsalita ng mga salitang ito kay Draupadī.”
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
Uncontrolled desire (ajitendriya) drives a person to knowingly commit acts that society condemns and that can bring severe, even fatal, consequences; ethical restraint is presented as essential to dharma.
The narrator describes a man who, despite understanding the grave sin and danger involved in violating another’s wife, still proceeds to address Draupadī—signaling his lust-driven disregard for dharma.