Shloka 33
उद्योगपर्व — अध्याय ८१: कृष्णस्य दूतप्रयाणम्
Udyoga Parva, Chapter 81: Krishna Sets Out as Envoy
वैशम्पायन उवाच इत्युक्त्वा मृदुसंहारं वृजिनाग्रं सुदर्शनम् । सुनीलमसितापाडुी सर्वगन्धाधिवासितम्
vaiśampāyana uvāca | ity uktvā mṛdu-saṃhāraṃ vṛjina-agraṃ sudarśanam | su-nīlam asitā-pāṇḍu sarva-gandhādhivāsitam |
毗湿摩耶那说道：“阇那美阇耶王啊，她说罢此言，便以左手握住自己的发绺——柔柔束起，观之绝美，深蓝乌黑，黝暗而有光泽，且浸润着百般香气。随后，德鲁帕达之女黑公主克丽师那（德罗帕蒂）——莲华之眼，象步之姿——走近莲眼的圣奎师那。她双眸盈泪，遂开口说道。”
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse frames a moral appeal: personal suffering is brought before a dharma-protecting figure (Kṛṣṇa) not merely as emotion, but as a demand for righteous response to wrongdoing. It highlights that injustice, when endured, seeks ethical redress through rightful counsel and action.
After speaking, Draupadī takes her gathered, fragrant, dark tresses in her left hand and goes to Kṛṣṇa. With tear-filled eyes she begins to address him, signaling a turning point where her anguish and the memory of insult are presented as grounds for decisive intervention.