हतो ऽसि दुर्योधन मन्दबुद्धे; यस् त्वं सभायां कुरुपुंगवानाम् ॥
स्त्रियं समाभाषसि दुर्विनीत; विशेषतो द्रौपदीं धर्मपत्नीम् ॥
एवम् उक्त्वा धृतराष्ट्रो मनीषी; हितान्वेषी बान्धवानाम् अपायात् ॥
कृष्णां पाञ्चालीम् अब्रवीत् सान्त्वपूर्वं; विमृश्यैतत् प्रज्ञया तत्त्वबुद्धिः ॥
धृतराष्ट्र उवाच
वरं वृणीष्व पाञ्चालि मत्तो यद् अभिकाङ्क्षसि ॥
वधूनां हि विशिष्टा मे त्वं धर्मपरमा सती ॥
द्रौपद्य् उवाच
ददासि चेद् वरं मह्यं वृणोमि भरतर्षभ ॥
सर्वधर्मानुगः श्रीमान् अदासो ऽस्तु युधिष्ठिरः ॥
hato 'si duryodhana mandabuddhe; yas tvaṃ sabhāyāṃ kurupuṃgavānām ||
striyaṃ samābhāṣasi durvinīta; viśeṣato draupadīṃ dharmapatnīm ||
evam uktvā dhṛtarāṣṭro manīṣī; hitānveṣī bāndhavānām apāyāt ||
kṛṣṇāṃ pāñcālīm abravīt sāntvapūrvaṃ; vimṛśyaitat prajñayā tattvabuddhiḥ ||
dhṛtarāṣṭra uvāca
varaṃ vṛṇīṣva pāñcāli matto yad abhikāṅkṣasi ||
vadhūnāṃ hi viśiṣṭā me tvaṃ dharmaparamā satī ||
draupady uvāca
dadāsi ced varaṃ mahyaṃ vṛṇomi bharatarṣabha ||
sarvadharmānugaḥ śrīmān adāso 'stu yudhiṣṭhiraḥ ||
[Dhritarashtra:] "You are ruined, Duryodhana, dull-witted one, who in the assembly of the bulls among the Kurus so address a woman, O ill-bred one — above all Draupadi, a lawful wife!" Having said this, the wise Dhritarashtra, seeking the good of his kinsmen, turning away from his son's path, having pondered it all with his reason, as one who has grasped the truth, spoke with conciliation to Krishna Panchali: "Choose a boon, Panchali, whatever you desire from me; for among daughters-in-law you are to me the most excellent, devoted to dharma and honest." [Draupadi:] "If you grant me a boon, O bull among the Bharatas, I choose: let glorious Yudhishthira, who follows all dharmas, not be a slave."
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The dreadful portent awakens what remains of conscience in the blind king: he at last calls what was done ruin, and turns to his victim with tenderness. But it is bitter that only terror before fate, not the voice of truth, bends him toward good — such is repentance born of fear, not of love for dharma. Draupadi's first request is telling: not wealth, not vengeance, but her husband's freedom from bondage — she cares first for his honor rather than for herself. The verse teaches that true nobility asks nothing for itself; that a genuine wife seeks her husband's dignity before her own deliverance; and that even a belated repentance born of fear is not without use, if it opens the door to the restoration of trampled truth.