Shloka 24

Bhīma–Draupadī Saṃvāda on Restraint, Protection, and the Kīcaka Threat

Virāṭa-parva, Adhyāya 20

Devanagari script

इत्यस्य दर्शयामास किणवन्तौ करावुभौ,ऐसा कहकर द्रौपदीने भीमसेनको अपने दोनों हाथ दिखाये, जिनमें चन्दन रगड़नेसे काले दाग पड़ गये थे

Transliteration

iti asya darśayāmāsa kiṇavantau karāv ubhau

Translation

毗湿摩耶那说道：说罢，她把双手给他看——粗糙而染污，因研磨檀香而留下黝黑的痕迹。

Word by Word

• इति: thus
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति

• अस्य: of him/this (to him)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इदम्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Genitive, Singular

• दर्शयामास: showed
• दर्शयामास: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश्
• Form: Perfect (Periphrastic), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• किणवन्तौ: having calluses/marks
• किणवन्तौ: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: किणवत्
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Dual

• करौ: two hands
• करौ: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: कर
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Dual

• उभौ: both
• उभौ: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: उभ
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Dual

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Draupadī
• Bhīmasena
• hands
• sandalwood (candana)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights how visible signs of forced labor and indignity can serve as moral testimony, calling for righteous protection and just response rather than indifference to another’s suffering.

What is happening in the narrative?

After speaking, Draupadī shows Bhīmasena her two hands, rough and darkened from grinding sandalwood, to demonstrate the hardship and humiliation she has been made to bear while in disguise.