 | Book 4 Chapter 17
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| 1 | draupady uvāca
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| 1 | aśocyaṃ nu kutas tasyā yasyā bhartā yudhiṣṭhiraḥ
jānan sarvāṇi duḥkhāni kiṃ māṃ tvaṃ paripṛcchasi
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| 2 | yan māṃ dāsīpravādena prātikāmī tadānayat
sabhāyāṃ pārṣado madhye tan māṃ dahati bhārata
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| 3 | pārthivasya sutā nāma kā nu jīveta mādṛśī
anubhūya bhṛśaṃ duḥkham anyatra draupadīṃ prabho
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| 4 | vanavāsagatāyāś ca saindhavena durātmanā
parāmarśaṃ dvitīyaṃ ca soḍhum utsahate nu kā
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| 5 | matsyarājñaḥ samakṣaṃ ca tasya dhūrtasya paśyataḥ
kīcakena padā spṛṣṭā kā nu jīveta mādṛśī
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| 6 | evaṃ bahuvidhaiḥ kleśaiḥ kliśyamānāṃ ca bhārata
na māṃ jānāsi kaunteya kiṃ phalaṃ jīvitena me
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| 7 | yo 'yaṃ rājño virāṭasya kīcako nāma bhārata
senānīḥ puruṣavyāghra syālaḥ paramadurmatiḥ
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| 8 | sa māṃ sairandhriveṣeṇa vasantīṃ rājaveśmani
nityam evāha duṣṭātmā bhāryā mama bhaveti vai
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| 9 | tenopamantryamāṇāyā vadhārheṇa sapatnahan
kāleneva phalaṃ pakvaṃ hṛdayaṃ me vidīryate
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| 10 | bhrātaraṃ ca vigarhasva jyeṣṭhaṃ durdyūtadevinam
yasyāsmi karmaṇā prāptā duḥkham etad anantakam
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| 11 | ko hi rājyaṃ parityajya sarvasvaṃ cātmanā saha
pravrajyāyaiva dīvyeta vinā durdyūtadevinam
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| 12 | yadi niṣkasahasreṇa yac cānyat sāravad dhanam
sāyaṃprātar adeviṣyad api saṃvatsarān bahūn
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| 13 | rukmaṃ hiraṇyaṃ vāsāṃsi yānaṃ yugyam ajāvikam
aśvāśvatarasaṃghāṃś ca na jātu kṣayam āvahet
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| 14 | so 'yaṃ dyūtapravādena śriyā pratyavaropitaḥ
tūṣṇīm āste yathā mūḍhaḥ svāni karmāṇi cintayan
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| 15 | daśa nāgasahasrāṇi padmināṃ hemamālinām
yaṃ yāntam anuyāntīha so 'yaṃ dyūtena jīvati
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| 16 | tathā śatasahasrāṇi nṛṇām amitatejasām
upāsate mahārājam indraprasthe yudhiṣṭhiram
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| 17 | śataṃ dāsīsahasrāṇi yasya nityaṃ mahānase
pātrīhastaṃ divārātram atithīn bhojayanty uta
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| 18 | eṣa niṣkasahasrāṇi pradāya dadatāṃ varaḥ
dyūtajena hy anarthena mahatā samupāvṛtaḥ
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| 19 | enaṃ hi svarasaṃpannā bahavaḥ sūtamāgadhāḥ
sāyaṃprātar upātiṣṭhan sumṛṣṭamaṇikuṇḍalāḥ
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| 20 | sahasram ṛṣayo yasya nityam āsan sabhāsadaḥ
tapaḥśrutopasaṃpannāḥ sarvakāmair upasthitāḥ
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| 21 | andhān vṛddhāṃs tathānāthān sarvān rāṣṭreṣu durgatān
bibharty avimanā nityam ānṛśaṃsyād yudhiṣṭhiraḥ
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| 22 | sa eṣa nirayaṃ prāpto matsyasya paricārakaḥ
sabhāyāṃ devitā rājñaḥ kaṅko brūte yudhiṣṭhiraḥ
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| 23 | indraprasthe nivasataḥ samaye yasya pārthivāḥ
āsan balibhṛtaḥ sarve so 'dyānyair bhṛtim icchati
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| 24 | pārthivāḥ pṛthivīpālā yasyāsan vaśavartinaḥ
sa vaśe vivaśo rājā pareṣām adya vartate
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| 25 | pratāpya pṛthivīṃ sarvāṃ raśmivān iva tejasā
so 'yaṃ rājño virāṭasya sabhāstāro yudhiṣṭhiraḥ
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| 26 | yam upāsanta rājānaḥ sabhāyām ṛṣibhiḥ saha
tam upāsīnam adyānyaṃ paśya pāṇḍava pāṇḍavam
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| 27 | atadarhaṃ mahāprājñaṃ jīvitārthe 'bhisaṃśritam
dṛṣṭvā kasya na duḥkhaṃ syād dharmātmānaṃ yudhiṣṭhiram
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| 28 | upāste sma sabhāyāṃ yaṃ kṛtsnā vīra vasuṃdharā
tam upāsīnam adyānyaṃ paśya bhārata bhāratam
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| 29 | evaṃ bahuvidhair duḥkhaiḥ pīḍyamānām anāthavat
śokasāgaramadhyasthāṃ kiṃ māṃ bhīma na paśyasi
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