Shloka 8
अौर्ध्वदेहिक-श्राद्धे दानयज्ञविस्तारः | Expansion of the Aurdhvadehika Śrāddha and the Donation-Rite
पाण्डवाश्वैव ते सर्वे भूशं शोकपरायणा: । शोचन्तो मातरं वृद्धामूषुर्नातिचिरं पुरे
pāṇḍavāś caiva te sarve bhṛśaṃ śokaparāyaṇāḥ | śocanto mātaraṃ vṛddhām ūṣuḥ nāticiraṃ pure ||
Vaiśampāyana said: All those Pāṇḍavas, overwhelmed by intense grief, remained wholly absorbed in sorrow. Lamenting for their aged mother, they could not stay long in the city.
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights how even victorious heroes remain bound by human vulnerability: grief and filial concern. It implicitly points to the ethical weight of family responsibility and the impermanence of worldly stability after catastrophe.
Vaiśampāyana describes the Pāṇḍavas as deeply sorrowful; their anxiety and mourning for their aged mother becomes so consuming that they are unable to remain in the city for long.