Shloka 47
भवत्कृतमिमं स्नेहं युधिष्ठिरविवर्धितम्
bhavatkṛtam imaṃ snehaṃ yudhiṣṭhiravivardhitam
Vaiśampāyana sprach: „Diese Zuneigung, die zuerst von dir erwiesen und dann von Yudhiṣṭhira genährt und gestärkt wurde, ist zu einem bindenden Band aus Fürsorge und Verantwortung herangewachsen.“
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
Affection (sneha) is not merely a feeling but an ethical force: when initiated with goodwill and then consciously nurtured by a dharmic leader like Yudhiṣṭhira, it becomes a sustaining bond that guides conduct, softens hostility, and supports right action in difficult times.
In the Ashramavāsika context, the narrator Vaiśampāyana highlights a relationship of care: someone’s earlier goodwill is being acknowledged as the seed, and Yudhiṣṭhira is credited with having strengthened it—framing ongoing interactions in terms of gratitude, continuity of bonds, and moral responsibility after the war.