Mahabharata — Stree Parva, Shloka 5
स्त्रीपर्व १: धृतराष्ट्रशोकः संजयाश्वासनं च
Strī Parva 1: Dhṛtarāṣṭra’s Lament and Saṃjaya’s Consolation
ध्यानमूकत्वमापन्नं चिन्तया समभिप्लुतम् । अभिगम्य महाराज संजयो वाक्यमब्रवीत्
dhyāna-mūkatvam āpannaṁ cintayā samabhiplutam | abhigamya mahārāja sañjayo vākyam abravīt ||
Overwhelmed by anxious reflection, the king had fallen into a silence born of deep contemplation. Approaching him in that state, Sañjaya addressed him with words meant to draw him back from grief and into mindful attention to what must now be faced.
वैशम्पायन उवाच
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The verse highlights how grief and anxious rumination can render a person inwardly immobilized; ethical counsel begins by restoring attention and speech so that one can face responsibility and reality rather than remain submerged in sorrow.
Dhṛtarāṣṭra, absorbed in painful thoughts (especially of his sons), has become silent. Sañjaya approaches him and begins to speak, initiating a dialogue in the Strī Parva’s opening context of post-war lamentation and reckoning.
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