Shloka 117
अद्य बाष्पमुखी कृष्णां सान्त्वयिष्यसि माधव । वाम्भिश्वामृतकल्पाभिर्धर्मराजं च पाण्डवम्,“माधव! आज आप मुखपर आँसुओंकी धारा बहानेवाली द्रुपदकुमारी कृष्णा तथा पाण्डुनन्दन युधिष्ठिरको अमृतके समान मधुर वचनोंद्वारा सान्त्वना प्रदान करेंगे”
adya bāṣpamukhī kṛṣṇāṃ sāntvayiṣyasi mādhava | vāgbhiś cāmṛtakalpābhir dharmarājaṃ ca pāṇḍavam ||
Sanjaya said: “Today, O Madhava, you will console Krishna (Draupadi), whose face is wet with tears, and you will also comfort Dharmaraja Yudhishthira, the son of Pandu, with words as sweet and life-giving as nectar.”
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights the ethical power of compassionate speech: in moments of devastation, dharmic leadership includes consoling the afflicted with truthful, soothing, ‘nectar-like’ words that restore steadiness and moral clarity.
Sañjaya foretells that Kṛṣṇa (Mādhava) will approach the grieving Draupadī and Yudhiṣṭhira (Dharmarāja) and comfort them, indicating a scene of emotional aftermath in the war where counsel and consolation become necessary.