Shloka 12
Adhyāya 16 — Daiva, Kṣatriya-dharma, and Public Reassurance to Dhṛtarāṣṭra
भीमसेन! तुम सब लोगोंके देखते-देखते केलेके पत्तेकी तरह काँपती हुई, जूएमें हारी गयी, रजस्वला और निर्दोष अंगवाली द्रौपदीको दुःशासनने मूर्खतावश जब दासीकी भाँति घसीटा था, तभी मुझे मालूम हो गया था कि अब इस कुलका पराभव होकर ही रहेगा ।।
niṣaṇṇāḥ kuravaś caiva tadā me śvaśurādayaḥ | sā daivaṃ nātham icchantī vyalapat kurarī yathā ||
Vaiśampāyana nói: Khi ấy, các Kuru—cha vợ ta và những người khác—ngồi lặng đi, sững sờ. Draupadī, chỉ mong Thần Linh là đấng hộ trì duy nhất, đã kêu khóc như chim kurarī trong cơn khốn quẫn.
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
When injustice occurs, the passive silence of those with authority becomes a moral failure; in such abandonment, the afflicted seek refuge in the Divine as the last protector.
In recollection of the dice-hall outrage, the Kuru elders sit helplessly while Draupadī, desperate for protection, cries out in anguish—likened to the plaintive cry of a kurarī-bird.