Shloka 31
Jayadrathasya śoka-bhaya-vilāpaḥ — Droṇena āśvāsanaṃ ca
Jayadratha’s lament and Droṇa’s reassurance
तस्य शोकं विदित्वा तु पुत्रव्यसनसम्भवम् । आजगामाथ देवर्षिनरिदो5स्थ समीपतः,राजा अकम्पनको अपने पुत्रकी मृत्युसे महान् शोक हो रहा है, यह जानकर देवर्षि नारद उनके समीप आये
tasya śokaṃ viditvā tu putravyasanasaṃbhavam | ājagāmātha devarṣiḥ nārado 'sya samīpataḥ ||
Knowing that the king’s grief had arisen from the calamity of his son’s death, the divine sage Nārada came and approached him.
व्यास उवाच
Educational Q&A
Sorrow born of personal loss is acknowledged as natural, yet the arrival of a devarṣi implies that grief should be guided by wisdom—toward dharmic understanding, restraint, and a broader view of fate and impermanence.
A king is overwhelmed by grief due to his son’s death. Recognizing this, the divine sage Nārada comes to him, setting up a moment of counsel or instruction that typically follows such interventions in the epic.