Shloka 90

Sabhā Parva, Adhyāya 68 — Pāṇḍavānāṃ Vanavāsa-prasthānaḥ; Duḥśāsana-nindā; Pāṇḍava-pratijñāḥ

Devanagari script

तां वेपमानां सव्रीडां प्रलपन्ती सम पाण्डवान्‌ | दुःशासन: सभामध्ये विचकर्ष तपस्विनीम्‌

Transliteration

tāṃ vepamānāṃ savrīḍāṃ pralapantīṃ sama-pāṇḍavān | duḥśāsanaḥ sabhā-madhye vicakarṣa tapasvinīm ||

Translation

Vaiśampāyana nói: “Run rẩy, ngập trong hổ thẹn, nàng vừa than khóc vừa kêu cầu các Pāṇḍava. Ngay giữa đại sảnh triều đình, Duḥśāsana đã kéo lê người phụ nữ đức hạnh ấy.”

Word by Word

ताम्her

वेपमानाम्trembling

सव्रीडाम्ashamed, with modesty

प्रलपन्तीम्lamenting, speaking piteously

सम्towards, in the presence of

पाण्डवान्the Pandavas

दुःशासनःDuhshasana

सभामध्येin the middle of the assembly hall

विचकर्षdragged, pulled

तपस्विनीम्the ascetic woman (virtuous lady)

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

Duḥśāsana

Pāṇḍavas

sabhā (assembly hall)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Public power without restraint becomes adharma: humiliating the vulnerable—especially in a royal court meant to uphold justice—marks a collapse of ethical order and foreshadows societal ruin.

What is happening in the narrative?

In the Kuru assembly, Draupadī (described as trembling and ashamed) cries out toward the Pāṇḍavas, while Duḥśāsana forcibly drags her in the middle of the court, intensifying the outrage of the dice-game episode.