द्रौपद्य् उवाच
सैरन्ध्र्यो ऽरक्षिता लोके भुजिष्याः सन्ति भारत ॥
नैवम् अन्याः स्त्रियो यान्ति इति लोकस्य निश्चयः ॥
साहं ब्रुवाणा सैरन्ध्री कुशला केशकर्मणि ॥
आत्मगुप्ता चरिष्यामि यन् मां त्वम् अनुपृच्छसि ॥
सुदेष्णां प्रत्युपस्थास्ये राजभार्यां यशस्विनीम् ॥
सा रक्षिष्यति मां प्राप्तां मा ते भूद् दुःखम् ईदृशम् ॥
draupady uvāca
sairandhryo 'rakṣitā loke bhujiṣyāḥ santi bhārata ||
naivam anyāḥ striyo yānti iti lokasya niścayaḥ ||
sāhaṃ bruvāṇā sairandhrī kuśalā keśakarmaṇi ||
ātmaguptā cariṣyāmi yan māṃ tvam anupṛcchasi ||
sudeṣṇāṃ pratyupasthāsye rājabhāryāṃ yaśasvinīm ||
sā rakṣiṣyati māṃ prāptāṃ mā te bhūd duḥkham īdṛśam ||
Draupadi said: "In the world there are sairandhris -- unattached serving-women who live in others' households, O Bharata; people are certain that no other kind of woman lives this way. I will say that I am a sairandhri, skilled in dressing hair, and I will live guarding myself, since you ask me. I will present myself in service to Sudeshna, the renowned wife of the king; once I have come to her, she will protect me. Let there be no such grief for you."
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Draupadi speaks without helplessness. She accepts a dangerous role, but immediately sets an inner boundary: she will serve, without surrendering herself to another's desire.