Shloka 76

Kirmīra-rākṣasa-saṃgamaḥ (Encounter and Slaying of Kirmīra) | किर्मीरेण सह भीमसेनसमागमः

Devanagari script

अधर्मेण द्वतं राज्यं सर्वे दासा: कृतास्तथा । सभायां परिकृष्टाहमेकवस्त्रा रजस्वला,अधर्मसे सारा राज्य हरण कर लिया गया, सब पाण्डव दास बना दिये गये और मैं एकवस्त्रधारिणी रजस्वला होनेपर भी सभामें घसीटकर लायी गयी

Transliteration

adharmeṇa dyūtaṃ rājyaṃ sarve dāsāḥ kṛtās tathā | sabhāyāṃ parikṛṣṭāham ekavastrā rajasvalā ||

Translation

毗舍波耶那说道：“以不义之法，赌局被强行进行，国土亦被夺取；于是般度诸子（Pāṇḍava）尽皆沦为奴仆。而我——虽仅着一衣，且正值经期——仍被拖拽进王廷大会之中。”

Word by Word

• अधर्मेण: by unrighteousness / unjustly
• अधर्मेण: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: अधर्म
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• द्यूतं: gambling / dice-play
• द्यूतं: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्यूत
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• राज्यं: kingdom
• राज्यं: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: राज्य
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• सर्वे: all
• सर्वे: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• दासाः: slaves
• दासाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: दास
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• कृताः: made (were made)
• कृताः: Karma
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ
• Form: क्त (past passive participle), Masculine, Nominative, Plural, passive/resultative

• तथा: thus / likewise
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा

• सभायाम्: in the assembly hall
• सभायाम्: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: सभा
• Form: Feminine, Locative, Singular

• परिकृष्टा: dragged / pulled
• परिकृष्टा: Karma
• Type: Verb
• Root: परि + कृश्/कर्ष् (कृष्)
• Form: क्त (past passive participle), Feminine, Nominative, Singular, passive

• अहम्: I
• अहम्: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अहम्
• Form: —, Nominative, Singular

• एकवस्त्रा: wearing a single garment
• Type: Adjective
• Root: एकवस्त्र
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• रजस्वला: menstruating
• Type: Adjective
• Root: रजस्वल
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• sabhā (royal assembly hall)
• rājya (kingdom)
• dyūta (dice-game)
• Pāṇḍavas

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse condemns adharma in governance and public judgment: when power is pursued through unjust means (adharma), it legitimizes cruelty—turning free persons into slaves and violating the dignity of a woman even in a vulnerable condition—thereby corrupting the very idea of royal justice.

What is happening in the narrative?

In the aftermath of the dice-game, the Pāṇḍavas are declared enslaved and their kingdom is taken. The speaker (contextually Draupadī’s plight as narrated by Vaiśampāyana) describes being forcibly dragged into the assembly while wearing only one garment and while menstruating, highlighting the extremity of the outrage.