Shloka 29
द्रौपद्याः भीमसेन-प्रबोधनम्
Draupadī Awakens Bhīmasena
क्व नु तेषाममर्षश्न वीर्य तेजश्न वर्तते । न परीप्सन्ति ये भार्या वध्यमानां दुरात्मना,“आज उनका अमर्ष, पराक्रम और तेज कहाँ है? जो एक दुरात्माकी मार खाती हुई अपनी पत्नीकी रक्षा नहीं करते हैं
kva nu teṣām amarṣaś ca vīryaṁ tejaś ca vartate | na parīpsanti ye bhāryāṁ vadhyamānāṁ durātmanā ||
Sinabi ni Vaiśampāyana: “Nasaan na ngayon ang kanilang poot sa kawalang-katarungan, ang kanilang tapang, at ang kanilang ningning? Sapagkat ni hindi man lamang sila nagsisikap na ipagtanggol ang sarili nilang asawa habang siya’y sinasalakay ng isang masamang tao.”
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse condemns moral cowardice: valor and ‘tejas’ are meaningless if one fails to protect those under one’s care. Dharma is measured by active defense of the vulnerable, especially within one’s immediate responsibility (such as one’s spouse).
Vaiśampāyana, narrating events, voices a sharp reproach: those who should be capable of righteous anger and heroic action are shown as failing to intervene while a woman (described as ‘their wife’) is being harmed by a wicked aggressor.