Shloka 8
नारदेन धृतराष्ट्रगतिवर्णनम् | Nārada’s Account of Dhṛtarāṣṭra’s Future Course
कच्चिन्नन्दसि दृष्टवैतान् कच्चित् ते निर्मल मन: । कच्चिच्च शुद्धभावो5सि जातज्ञानो नराधिप
kaccin nandasi dṛṣṭavaitān kaccit te nirmala manaḥ | kaccic ca śuddhabhāvo 'si jātajñāno narādhipa ||
Vaiśampāyana said: “O king, are you pleased upon seeing them? Has the stain of your mind been cleansed because of them? And, having attained true understanding, has the disposition of your heart become purified, O ruler of men?”
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse frames ethical-spiritual progress as inner purification: true ‘knowledge’ is tested by whether it removes mental impurity (mala) and produces a purified disposition (śuddha-bhāva), not merely by external status or events.
Vaiśampāyana addresses a king with a series of concerned questions, asking whether seeing certain persons has brought him joy and, more importantly, whether that encounter has cleansed his mind and matured him into genuine understanding and purified feeling.