Ashramavasika Parva Adhyaya 16 Shloka 12 - Mahabharata | Chinese | Vedapath

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Shloka 12

Devanagari script

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 ।।

Transliteration

niṣaṇṇāḥ kuravaś caiva tadā me śvaśurādayaḥ | sā daivaṃ nātham icchantī vyalapat kurarī yathā ||

Translation

毗舍摩波耶那说：那时，俱卢众人——我的岳父等——都惊愕失神，默然坐着。德罗帕蒂唯愿神明为其唯一护主，便如受难的库拉丽鸟般哀号哭诉。

Word by Word

निषण्णाःseated, sitting down

कुरवःthe Kurus

चand

एवindeed, just

तदाthen

मेmy, of me

श्वशुरादयःmy father-in-law and others (elders/relatives)

साshe

दैवम्fate, the divine (power)

नाथम्protector, lord

इच्छन्तीdesiring, wishing for

व्यलपत्lamented, wailed

कुररीa curlew (a wailing bird)

यथाas, like

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

Kurus (Kaurava court/assembly)

Draupadī

śvaśura (father-in-law; in context, elders such as Dhṛtarāṣṭra)

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?

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.

What is happening in the narrative?

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.