Shloka 8
Kuntī’s Benediction to Draupadī and the Alliance Gifts (कुन्त्याः स्नुषाशीर्-वचनम् तथा दान-प्रतिग्रहः)
कुशैस्तु भूमौ शयनं चकार माद्रीपुत्र: सहदेवस्तरस्वी | यथा स्वकीयान्यजिनानि सर्वे संस्तीर्य वीरा: सुषुपुर्धरण्याम्,तदनन्तर वेगवान् वीर माद्रीकुमार सहदेवने धरतीपर कुशकी शय्या बिछा दी। फिर समस्त पाण्डव वीर अपने-अपने मृगचर्म बिछाकर भूमिधर ही सोये
kuśais tu bhūmau śayanaṃ cakāra mādrīputraḥ sahadevas tarasvī | yathā svakīyāny ajināni sarve saṃstīrya vīrāḥ suṣupur dharaṇyām |
তাৰ পাছত বেগৱান বীৰ মাদ্ৰীপুত্ৰ সহদেৱে মাটিত কুশঘাঁহ বিছাই শয্যা সাজিলে। তাৰ পিছত সকলো পাণ্ডৱ বীৰে নিজৰ নিজৰ মৃগচৰ্ম পাতে, ধৰণীতেই শুই নিদ্ৰা গ’ল।
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights disciplined simplicity: even heroic figures accept austere living—sleeping on the ground with kuśa grass and deerskins—reflecting self-control, endurance, and a dharmic readiness to live without luxury.
Sahadeva prepares a resting place on the earth using kuśa grass. Then all the heroes spread their own deerskins and sleep on the ground, marking a pause in the journey or forest setting with orderly, communal rest.