Shloka 27
Draupadī’s Rebuke of Jayadratha and Dhaumya’s Admonition (Āraṇyaka-parva, Adhyāya 252)
आहहुर्देत्याश्ष तां तत्र सुप्रीतेनान्तरात्मना । प्रायोपविष्टं राजानं धार्तराष्ट्रमिहानय,तब दैत्योंने प्रसन्नचित्त होकर उससे कहा--'तू प्रायोपवेशन करते हुए धुृतराष्ट्रपुत्र राजा दुर्योधनको यहाँ ले आ'
Vaiśampāyana uvāca: āhūru daityāś ca tāṃ tatra suprītenāntarātmanā | prāyopaviṣṭaṃ rājānaṃ dhārtarāṣṭram ihānaya ||
تب دَیتیہ اور دانَو دل سے خوش ہو کر اس سے بولے—“جو دھرتراشٹر کا پُتر راجا دُریودھن پرایوپویشن (مرن ورت) میں بیٹھا ہے، اسے یہاں لے آ۔”
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights an ethical warning: forces aligned with adharma rejoice when a leader clings to destructive resolve (here, fasting unto death) and they actively encourage choices that deepen delusion rather than restore discernment and duty.
Daityas, pleased at the situation, instruct a female figure present in the episode to bring Duryodhana (called Dhārtarāṣṭra), who has undertaken prāyopaveśa—sitting in a vow to fast unto death—so that he may be drawn into their intended course of action.