Shloka 503
अपश्यद् दु:खितां देवीं मातरं सव्यसाचिन: । दूरतककी देखने-सुनने और समझनेवाले वरदायक ऋषि व्यासने अर्जुनकी माता कुन्तीदेवीको दु:खमें डूबी हुई देखा
apaśyad duḥkhitāṃ devīṃ mātaraṃ savyasācinaḥ | dūrāt tak-kī dṛṣṭi-śravaṇa-bodha-sampannaḥ varadāyaka ṛṣir vyāso 'rjunasya mātaraṃ kuntī-devīṃ duḥkhena nimagnāṃ dadarśa |
قال فايشَمبايانا: من بعيدٍ أبصر الحكيم فياسا—واهبَ النِّعَم، الموهوبَ بصرًا وسمعًا وفهمًا بعيدَ المدى—كُنتي ديفي، الأمَّ الإلهية لأرجونا، غارقةً في الحزن.
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights the universality of sorrow and the ethical call to compassionate attention: even revered figures like Kuntī endure grief, and the sage’s heightened perception is directed toward relieving or understanding suffering within the bounds of dharma.
Vaiśampāyana narrates that the sage Vyāsa, from a distance and with extraordinary perceptive powers, notices Kuntī—Arjuna’s mother—overwhelmed by sorrow, setting the stage for counsel, consolation, or a consequential development in the Ashramavāsika episode.