Shloka 10
Adhyaya 11 — Draupadī’s Grief, Demand for Justice, and Bhīma’s Departure
इस प्रकार श्रीमह्ाभारत सौप्तिकपर्वके अन्तर्गत ऐषीकपर्वनें युधिष्ठिरका शिविरमें प्रवेशविषयक दसवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ
diṣṭyā rājann avāpyemām akhilāṁ bhokṣyase mahīm | ātmajān kṣatradharmeṇa sampradāya yamāya vai ||
Kṛṣṇā (Draupadī) vừa khóc vừa nói với Yudhiṣṭhira, con của Pāṇḍu: “Tâu Đại vương! Thật là ‘may mắn’ thay—rằng theo kṣatriya-dharma, người đã dâng chính các con mình cho Yama, nhờ đó đoạt được toàn cõi đất này; và nay người sẽ hưởng quyền tối thượng của nó.”
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The verse highlights the ethical paradox of kṣatriya-dharma: political victory and the ‘enjoyment’ of the earth can be inseparable from catastrophic personal loss. Through Draupadī’s bitter irony, it questions whether triumph is meaningful when purchased by the death of one’s own children, underscoring the Mahābhārata’s recurring theme that dharma in war is morally fraught and leaves enduring suffering.
After the night massacre (Sauptika events), Draupadī is shown weeping and addressing Yudhiṣṭhira. She remarks—ironically—that he has gained the whole earth and will now enjoy it, but only after ‘offering’ his sons to Yama according to the warrior code, i.e., after their deaths. The line functions as a lament and a moral indictment of the cost of the conflict.