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Shloka 37

पुनर्द्यूत-समाह्वानम्

Renewed Summons to the Dice-Game and Exile Wager

नृशंसकर्म स्त्वमनार्यवृत्त मा मा विवस्त्रां कुरु मा विकर्षी: । न मर्षयेयुस्तव राजपुत्रा: सेन्द्राक्ष देवा यदि ते सहाया:,क्रूरकर्मा दुराचारी दुःशासन! तू इस प्रकार मुझे न खींच, न खींच, मुझे वस्त्रहीन मत कर। इन्द्र आदि देवता भी तेरी सहायताके लिये आ जाय, तो भी मेरे पति राजकुमार पाण्डव तेरे इस अत्याचारको सहन नहीं कर सकेंगे

nṛśaṃsakarma tvam anāryavṛtta mā mā vivastrāṃ kuru mā vikarṣīḥ | na marṣayeyus tava rājaputrāḥ sendrākṣa devā yadi te sahāyāḥ ||

Hỡi Duhśāsana, kẻ hành vi tàn bạo, nết hạnh hèn mạt! Đừng—đừng lột y phục ta; đừng kéo lê ta. Dẫu chư thiên, với Indra đứng đầu, có đến trợ giúp ngươi, thì các vương tử Pāṇḍava—những phu quân của ta—cũng không thể chịu đựng nổi sự nhục mạ này của ngươi.

नृशंसकर्मO one of cruel deeds
नृशंसकर्म:
TypeNoun
Rootनृशंसकर्मन्
FormNeuter, Vocative, Singular
त्वम्you
त्वम्:
Karta
TypePronoun
Rootयुष्मद्
FormNominative, Singular
अनार्यवृत्तO one of ignoble conduct
अनार्यवृत्त:
TypeAdjective
Rootअनार्यवृत्त
FormMasculine, Vocative, Singular
माdo not
मा:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootमा
माdo not
मा:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootमा
विवस्त्राम्unclothed (me)
विवस्त्राम्:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootविवस्त्र
FormFeminine, Accusative, Singular
कुरुmake / do
कुरु:
TypeVerb
Rootकृ
FormImperative, Second, Singular, Parasmaipada
माdo not
मा:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootमा
विकर्षीःdrag (me)
विकर्षीः:
TypeVerb
Rootवि+कृष्
FormImperative, Second, Singular, Parasmaipada
not
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
मर्षयेयुःwould tolerate / would endure
मर्षयेयुः:
TypeVerb
Rootमृष्
FormOptative, Third, Plural, Parasmaipada
तवof you / your
तव:
TypePronoun
Rootयुष्मद्
FormGenitive, Singular
राजपुत्राःthe princes
राजपुत्राः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootराजपुत्र
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural
with
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
इन्द्रwith Indra
इन्द्र:
Karana
TypeNoun
Rootइन्द्र
FormMasculine, Instrumental, Singular
अक्षwith (his) eyes / with sight
अक्ष:
Karana
TypeNoun
Rootअक्ष
FormMasculine, Instrumental, Singular
देवाःthe gods
देवाः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootदेव
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural
यदिif
यदि:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootयदि
तेto you / for you
ते:
Sampradana
TypePronoun
Rootयुष्मद्
FormDative, Singular
सहायाःhelpers / allies
सहायाः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootसहाय
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural

वैशम्पायन उवाच

D
Duḥśāsana
P
Pāṇḍavas (rājaputrāḥ)
I
Indra
D
Devas (gods)
D
Draupadī (implied as the addressed ‘me’)

Educational Q&A

The verse condemns cruelty and ignoble conduct, asserting that violating a woman’s dignity is a grave adharma. It frames such an act as intolerable to righteous protectors, emphasizing that power or even divine backing cannot ethically justify humiliation and violence.

In the Kuru assembly, Draupadī is being dragged and threatened with disrobing by Duḥśāsana. She protests, calling his act cruel and unworthy, and warns that the Pāṇḍava princes will not endure this outrage—even if the gods led by Indra were to support him.