Shloka 20
धृतराष्ट्रदर्शनाय पाण्डवानां प्रयाणम् | The Pāṇḍavas Prepare to Visit Dhṛtarāṣṭra
इत्युक्त: प्रत्युवाचेदं व्यासो वेदविदां वर: । साधु सर्वमिदं भाव्यमेवमेतद् यथा55तथ माम्
ity uktaḥ pratyuvācedaṃ vyāso vedavidāṃ varaḥ | sādhu sarvam idaṃ bhāvyam evam etad yathā tathā ||
Thus addressed, Vyāsa—foremost among the knowers of the Veda—replied: “Well spoken. All that you have said is fitting and must be accepted as what was destined; indeed, it has turned out exactly so.”
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse affirms the ethical stance of accepting what has unfolded as inevitable (bhāvyam) while validating a sincere, dharmic assessment of events—an encouragement toward clear-eyed acceptance rather than resentment.
After someone has spoken (contextually, Kuntī in this episode), the narrator reports that the sage Vyāsa responds, praising the statement as correct and confirming that events have occurred according to what was destined.