न राज्यहरणं दुःखं द्यूते चापि पराजयः ॥
प्रव्राजनं सुतानां वा न मे तद् दुःखकारणम् ॥
यत् तु सा बृहती श्यामा सभायां रुदती तदा ॥
अश्रौषीत् परुषा वाचस् तन् मे दुःखतरं मतम् ॥
स्त्रीधर्मिणी वरारोहा क्षत्रधर्मरता सदा ॥
नाध्यगच्छत् तदा नाथं कृष्णा नाथवती सती ॥
तं वै ब्रूहि महाबाहो सर्वशस्त्रभृतां वरम् ॥
अर्जुनं पुरुषव्याघ्रं द्रौपद्याः पदवीं चर ॥
विदितौ हि तवात्यन्तं क्रुद्धाव् इव यमान्तकौ ॥
भीमार्जुनौ नयेतां हि देवान् अपि परां गतिम् ॥
na rājyaharaṇaṃ duḥkhaṃ dyūte cāpi parājayaḥ ||
pravrājanaṃ sutānāṃ vā na me tad duḥkhakāraṇam ||
yat tu sā bṛhatī śyāmā sabhāyāṃ rudatī tadā ||
aśrauṣīt paruṣā vācas tan me duḥkhataraṃ matam ||
strīdharmiṇī varārohā kṣatradharmaratā sadā ||
nādhyagacchat tadā nāthaṃ kṛṣṇā nāthavatī satī ||
taṃ vai brūhi mahābāho sarvaśastrabhṛtāṃ varam ||
arjunaṃ puruṣavyāghraṃ draupadyāḥ padavīṃ cara ||
viditau hi tavātyantaṃ kruddhāv iva yamāntakau ||
bhīmārjunau nayetāṃ hi devān api parāṃ gatim ||
"It is not the seizure of the kingdom that grieves me, nor the defeat at dicing, nor the exile of my sons. But that the tall, dark-hued Draupadi wept then in the assembly and heard harsh words — that I consider far more grievous. Devoted to a woman's dharma, most beautiful, ever devoted to the dharma of kshatriyas, Krishna, though she has protectors, found no protector then. O mighty-armed one, tell that Arjuna, the best of all bearers of weapons, that tiger among men: 'Walk the path of Draupadi.' Bhima and Arjuna are well known to you: enraged, like Yama and Antaka, they could bring even the gods to their final end."
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Kunti closes her message not with a complaint but with a precise reminder of duty: Arjuna must fulfil the prophecy, Bhima must not forget the humiliation, Draupadi must be honored, and Krishna becomes the keeper of this memory before the Pandavas.