Shloka 43
Duryodhana-śibira-praveśaḥ — The Pāṇḍavas Enter the Kaurava Camp; The Burning of Arjuna’s Chariot
प्रदीपिता जतुगृहे मात्रा सह सुदुर्मते । सभायां याज्ञसेनी च कृष्टा द्यूते रजस्वला
pradīpitā jatu-gṛhe mātrā saha su-durmate | sabhāyāṃ yājñasenī ca kṛṣṭā dyūte rajasvalā ||
风神伐由说道：“噫，极其迷妄之人！你们点燃漆屋，欲将他们的母亲一并焚尽；又在王廷大会之中，于掷骰赌局时，竟将雅吉那塞尼（德罗帕蒂）拖拽而出，纵使她正值经期。”
वायुदेव उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse condemns grave adharma: attempted murder (the lac-house plot) and the public violation of a woman’s dignity (dragging Draupadī in the assembly, especially while rajasvalā). It frames these acts as moral crimes that demand accountability and become causes of catastrophic conflict.
Vāyu recalls two notorious wrongs from earlier events: the burning of the lac-house in which the speaker’s mother perished, and Draupadī being dragged in the royal hall during the dice match. The recollection functions as an accusation and a moral indictment of the addressed person’s conduct.