Mahabharata 4.22.6 — Virata Parva, Adhyaya 22, Shloka 6
Virāṭa-parva Adhyāya 22 — Draupadī’s Abduction Attempt and Bhīma’s Suppression of the Kīcakas
वैशम्पायन उवाच तथा तौ कथयित्वा तु बाष्पमुत्सूज्य दु:खितौ । रात्रिशेषं तमत्युग्रं धारयामासतुर्ह्ददि
vaiśampāyana uvāca tathā tau kathayitvā tu bāṣpam utsṛjya duḥkhitau | rātriśeṣaṃ tam atyugraṃ dhārayāmāsatur hṛdi ||
قال فَيَشَمْبَايَنَة: «فلما تكلّما على ذلك النحو، غلبهما الحزن فأرسلا الدموع ثم انصرفا. وقاسيا ما بقي من الليل في اضطرابٍ شديد، كاتمين حديثهما في صدريهما.»
वैशम्पायन उवाच
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Even amid intense grief, one should practice restraint and discretion—containing speech and safeguarding confidential matters—so that personal emotion does not endanger dharma or a necessary larger aim.
After a private conversation, a sorrow-stricken pair separates in tears and spends the rest of the night in acute mental turmoil, keeping what they discussed hidden in their hearts.
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