Shloka 9
तथेत्युक्त्वा तु सा देवी ख्रवन्नेत्रजलाविला । शोणिताक्तैकवसना मुक्तकेशी विनिर्ययौ,कुन्तीके ऐसा कहनेपर नेत्रोंसे आँसू बहाती हुई द्रौपदीने “तथास्तुट कहकर उनकी आज्ञा शिरोधार्य की। उस समय उसके शरीरपर एक ही वस्त्र था, उसका भी कुछ भाग रजसे सना हुआ था और उसके सिरके बाल बिखरे हुए थे। उसी दशामें वह अन्तःपुरसे बाहर निकली
tathety uktvā tu sā devī sravann netra-jalāvilā | śoṇitāktaika-vasanā mukta-keśī viniryayau ||
Nàng phu nhân đáp: “Xin vâng.” Nói rồi, nàng kính cẩn vâng lời. Nước mắt tràn mi, nàng bước ra—chỉ khoác một tấm y phục duy nhất, vấy máu, tóc xõa rối bời—rời khỏi nội cung trong chính dáng vẻ ấy.
वैशमग्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights the ethical crisis when a wronged person is brought before power: dignity and protection of the vulnerable are central to dharma, and the silence or complicity of elders in the face of injustice becomes a grave moral failure.
Draupadī, distressed and weeping, accepts an instruction (“so be it”) and comes out from the inner quarters into the public space in a state of visible humiliation—single garment, blood-stained, hair unbound—marking the escalation of the court’s wrongdoing.