1073. When the sons of blind Dhṛtarāṣṭra won at dice, they dragged Draupadī, the Pandavas’ queen, by her adorned dark and sandal-fragrant hair. Duhśāsana, the younger brother, shouted, “You are now our slave!”
Unable to bear this, she cried, “O Lord, show mercy and save me!”
He, who made the hundred wives lose their sacred threads, who stood as Arjuna’s charioteer in war,
That Lord—I saw Him in sacred Thiruvallikkēṇi with my own eyes!
Word by Word (WBW) meaning
(The words may be rearranged to facilitate conversion from poetry to prose (Aṉvayam). Please read the meanings (in black) continuously to form the sentence and understand the simplified meaning based on the Divyārtha Dīpikai for the verse.)
andhagan — dhritharāshtra, the blind man, his; siṛuvan — being the son; arasar tham arasaṛku — dhuryŏdhana, the king of kings; il̤aiyavan — brother dhuṣṣāsanan; aṇi — decorated; izhaiyai — towards dhraupadhi who is having ornaments; senṛu — went (since they lost you as well, to us in gambling); endhamakku — for us; urimai sey — serve us; ena — as he told; dhariyādhu — being unable to bear (to have servitude towards others); emperumān! — ṃy lord!; arul̤ — you should shower your mercy upon me and protect me; enna — as she prayed; al — dark; sandham — coloured; kuzhalāl̤ — dhraupadhi who has hair, her; alakkaṇ — sorrow; nūṝuvar tham — dhuryŏdhanan-s brothers, totally hundred in number, their; peṇdirum — wives; eydhi — attained; nūl — mangal̤asūthram; izhappa — to lose; indhiran siṛuvan — indhras son arjuna, his; thĕr mun — in front of the chariot; ninṛānai — stood and donned the role of charioteer; thiruvallikkĕṇik kaṇdĕnĕ — ī saw in thiruvallikkĕṇi
Detailed Explanation
Duśśāsana, the vile younger brother of Duryodhana—that king of kings who was the son of the blind Dhṛtarāṣṭra—approached the noble Draupadī, who was beautifully adorned with festive ornaments. With great insolence, he commanded her, “You must now render service unto us!” Unable to bear this profound indignity, Draupadī, she of the dark, flowing tresses, turned her heart