Shloka 2
Arjuna’s Absence, Bhīma’s Kṣātra-Dharma Appeal, and Bṛhadaśva’s Arrival
Nala-Upākhyāna Begins
मन्युना हि समाविष्टा: पाण्डवास्ते महौजस: । दृष्टवा कृष्णां सभां नीतां धर्मपत्नीं यशस्विनीम्,महातेजस्वी वे पाण्डव अपनी धर्मपत्नी यशस्विनी कृष्णाको सभामें लायी गयी देखकर क्रोधसे भरे हुए हैं और महाराज! दुःशासन तथा कर्णकी वे कठोर बातें सुनकर पाण्डव आपलोगोंकी निन्दा करते हैं, ऐसा मुझे विश्वास है
manyunā hi samāviṣṭāḥ pāṇḍavās te mahaujasaḥ | dṛṣṭvā kṛṣṇāṃ sabhāṃ nītāṃ dharmapatnīṃ yaśasvinīm ||
三阇耶说道：那威力无比的般度五子确已为忿怒所攫。见到黑公主克丽师那——他们依达摩而立的、声名显赫的正妻——被押入王家议会，他们的怒火顿时腾起；因为这羞辱并非仅是私怨之伤，而是对达摩的践踏，也是对贤德妇人应得尊严的公然侵犯。
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights that outrage can be ethically grounded when it arises from a clear breach of dharma—here, the humiliation and coercive public exposure of a virtuous wife in the royal court. It frames anger not as mere passion but as a response to moral transgression and dishonor.
Sañjaya reports that the powerful Pāṇḍavas are overwhelmed with anger upon seeing Draupadī (Kṛṣṇā), their lawful and renowned wife, being led into the assembly hall—an act that signals grave insult and injustice and intensifies the conflict between the parties.