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प्रियां भार्यां द्रौपदीं पाण्डवानां यशस्विनीं शीलवृत्तोपपन्नाम् । यदुपेक्षन्त कुरवो भीष्ममुख्याः कामानुगेनोपरुद्धां रुदन्तीम्॥५-२९-३१॥
Draupadī, the beloved wife of the Pāṇḍavas—renowned and endowed with virtuous conduct—was disregarded by the Kurus, with Bhīṣma foremost, while she was constrained by one acting under desire and was weeping.
english translation
तं चेत्तदा ते सकुमारवृद्धा अवारयिष्यन्कुरवः समेताः । मम प्रियं धृतराष्ट्रोऽकरिष्यत्पुत्राणां च कृतमस्याभविष्यत्॥५-२९-३२॥
If at that time the Kurus—young and old—had collectively restrained him, Dhṛtarāṣṭra would have done what was agreeable to me, and his sons’ purpose would have been fulfilled.
english translation
दुःशासनः प्रातिलोम्यान्निनाय सभामध्ये श्वशुराणां च कृष्णाम् । सा तत्र नीता करुणान्यवोचन्नान्यं क्षत्तुर्नाथमदृष्ट कंचित्॥५-२९-३३॥
Duḥśāsana, in a transgressive and shameless act, brought Kṛṣṇā into the midst of the assembly, before the elders of her husband’s house. Led there, she uttered words of anguish; and she saw no protector save the chamberlain Vidura.
english translation
कार्पण्यादेव सहितास्तत्र राज्ञो नाशक्नुवन्प्रतिवक्तुं सभायाम् । एकः क्षत्ता धर्म्यमर्थं ब्रुवाणो धर्मं बुद्ध्वा प्रत्युवाचाल्पबुद्धिम्॥५-२९-३४॥
Through moral faintness, the kings assembled there could not speak in reply within the hall. Only the chamberlain Vidura, uttering counsel both dharmic and purposeful, understood dharma’s principle and answered the man of scant judgment.
english translation
अनुक्त्वा त्वं धर्ममेवं सभायामथेच्छसे पाण्डवस्योपदेष्टुम् । कृष्णा त्वेतत्कर्म चकार शुद्धं सुदुष्करं तद्धि सभां समेत्य । येन कृच्छ्रात्पाण्डवानुज्जहार तथात्मानं नौरिव सागरौघात्॥५-२९-३५॥
Having not spoken of dharma in that very assembly, how do you now wish to instruct the Pāṇḍava? Kṛṣṇā, entering the hall, performed a pure deed, exceedingly hard to accomplish; by it she drew the Pāṇḍavas—and herself as well—out of distress, like a boat lifted from an oceanic surge.
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