Shloka 25
अफलो यदि धर्म: स्याच्चरितो धर्मचारिभि: | अप्रतिष्ठे तमस्येतज्जगन्मज्जेदनिन्दिते,साध्वी द्रौपदी! यदि धर्मपरायण पुरुषोंद्वारा पालित धर्म निष्फल होता तो सम्पूर्ण जगत् असीम अन्धकारमें निमग्न हो जाता
aphalo yadi dharmaḥ syāc carito dharmacāribhiḥ | apratiṣṭhe tamasy etaj jagan majjed anindite sādhvī draupadī ||
玉提湿陀罗说道：“若由奉持正法之人所行的法，竟真是无果无报，那么这整个世界——失却坚实依凭——必将沉没于无尽的黑暗之中。噢，无瑕而贤德的德罗帕蒂！”
युधिछिर उवाच
Educational Q&A
Dharma is not ultimately futile: if righteous conduct had no consequence, the moral structure of the world would collapse into darkness. The verse affirms confidence in an underlying ethical order even amid apparent injustice.
In the Vana Parva, Yudhiṣṭhira addresses Draupadī, who is distressed by the Pandavas’ suffering despite their righteousness. He reassures her that dharma must bear meaning and support the world, and therefore cannot be without fruit.