Shloka 43
पुनर्द्यूत-समाह्वानम्
Renewed Summons to the Dice-Game and Exile Wager
ह्ृतेन राज्येन तथा धनेन रत्नैश्व मुख्यर्न तथा बभूव । यथा त्रपाकोपसमीरितेन कृष्णाकटाक्षेण बभूव दुःखम्,राज्य, धन तथा मुख्य-मुख्य रत्नोंको हार जानेपर भी पाण्डवोंको उतना दु:ख नहीं हुआ था, जितना कि द्रौपदीके लज्जा एवं क्रोधयुक्त कटाक्षपातसे हुआ था
hṛtena rājyena tathā dhanena ratnaiś ca mukhyair na tathā babhūva | yathā trapākopasamīritena kṛṣṇākaṭākṣeṇa babhūva duḥkham ||
毗湿摩耶那说：般度五子即便失去王国，连同财富与最上等的珠宝一并被夺，也未曾感到如此痛楚；而克里希娜（德罗帕蒂）那一眼——含羞而怒——却使他们承受了更深的苦楚。
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse teaches that the pain of adharma—public humiliation and the assault on a person’s dignity—can surpass the grief of losing external possessions like kingdom, wealth, and jewels. Ethical injury and dishonor strike at the heart of dharma and identity, compelling moral reckoning and action.
After the Pāṇḍavas have been deprived of their kingdom and riches, the situation escalates in the assembly. Draupadī (Kṛṣṇā), shamed and angered, casts a reproachful glance; the narrator notes that this moment causes the Pāṇḍavas deeper anguish than their material losses, highlighting the gravity of her dishonor in the sabhā.