Loose-attired, with trailing tresses,
came Draupadi weak and faint,
Stood within the Council Chamber,
tearful made her piteous plaint:
'Elders! versed in holy sastra,
and in every holy rite,
Pardon if Draupadi cometh in
this sad unseemly plight,
Stay thy sinful deed, Duhsasan,
nameless wrongs and insults spare,
Touch me not with hands uncleanly,
sacred is a woman's hair,
Honoured elders, righteous nobles,
have on me protection given,
Tremble sinner, seek no mercy
from the wrathful gods in heaven!
Here in glory, son of DHARMA,
sits my noble righteous lord,
Sin nor shame nor human frailty
staims Yudhishthir's deed or word,
Silent all? and will no chieftain rise
to save a woman's life,
Not a hand or voice is lifted
to defend a virtuous wife?
Lost is Kuru's righteous glory,
lost is Bharat's ancient name,
Lost is Kshatra's kingly prowess,
warlike worth and knightly fame,
Wherefore else do Kuru warriors
tamely view this impious scene,
Wherefore gleam not righteous
weapons to protect an outraged queen?
Bhishma, hath he lost his virtue,
Drona, hath he lost his might,
Hath the monarch of the Kurus
ceased to battle for the right,
Wherefore are ye mute and voiceless,
councillors of mighty fame,
Vacant eye and palsied right arm
watch this deed of Kum's shame?
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by Veda Vyasa
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