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

毗舍波耶那说道：“她浑身战栗，羞惭难当，哭诉着呼唤般度五子。就在王廷大会的正中，杜沙娑那竟拖拽那位贞德之女。”

Word by Word

• ताम्: her
• ताम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• वेपमानाम्: trembling
• वेपमानाम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वेप्
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• सव्रीडाम्: ashamed, with modesty
• सव्रीडाम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सव्रीडा
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• प्रलपन्तीम्: lamenting, speaking piteously
• प्रलपन्तीम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्रलप्
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• सम्: towards, in the presence of
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सम्

• पाण्डवान्: the Pandavas
• पाण्डवान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाण्डव
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• दुःशासनः: Duhshasana
• दुःशासनः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: दुःशासन
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• सभामध्ये: in the middle of the assembly hall
• सभामध्ये: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: सभा + मध्य
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• विचकर्ष: dragged, pulled
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृष्
• Form: Imperfect (Lan), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• तपस्विनीम्: the ascetic woman (virtuous lady)
• तपस्विनीम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: तपस्विनी
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Duḥśāsana
• Pāṇḍavas
• sabhā (assembly hall)

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.