Shloka 16
स्वर्गे दुर्योधनदर्शनम् | Duryodhana Seen in Heaven
Triviṣṭapa
न तन्मनसि कर्ताव्यं पुत्र यद् द्यूतकारितम् । द्रौपद्याश्न परिक्लेशं न चिन्तयितुमहसि
vaiśaṃpāyana uvāca |
na tan manasi kartavyaṃ putra yad dyūtakāritam |
draupadyāś ca parikleśaṃ na cintayitum arhasi ||
قال فايشَمبايانا: «يا بُنيّ، لا تجعل في قلبك ما اقترفوه بسبب لعب النرد. ولا تظلّ تستغرق في تذكّر ما نزل بدراوبدي من كرب بسببهم. أطلق ذلك من خواطرك.»
वैशग्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
Do not cling mentally to past wrongdoing and the pain it caused; ethical maturity here is shown as restraint from brooding, and a deliberate turning away from resentment and grief.
Vaiśaṃpāyana counsels his listener (addressed as ‘son’) not to keep recalling the अपराध arising from the dice-game and not to keep dwelling on Draupadī’s affliction—framing the post-conflict moment as one of letting go rather than reopening old wounds.