Shloka 3
Adhyaya 11 — Draupadī’s Grief, Demand for Justice, and Bhīma’s Departure
तमश्रुपरिपूर्णाक्ष॑ं वेपमानमचेतसम् । सुहृदो भृशसंविग्ना: सान्त्वयाज्चक्रिरे तदा,उनकी आँखें आँसुओंसे भर आयीं, शरीर काँपने लगा और चेतना लुप्त होने लगी। उनकी ऐसी अवस्था देख उनके सुहृद् अत्यन्त व्याकुल हो उस समय उन्हें सान्त्वना देने लगे
tam aśru-paripūrṇākṣaṃ vepamānam acetasaṃ | suhṛdo bhṛśa-saṃvignāḥ sāntvayāṃ cakrire tadā ||
His eyes filled with tears; his body trembled, and his awareness began to fail. Seeing him in such a condition, his close well-wishers, deeply distressed, then tried to console him.
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
Even amid the harsh logic of war, the epic foregrounds a dharmic response to suffering: when a person collapses under grief and shock, the immediate duty of those nearby is compassion—comforting, steadying, and restoring presence of mind.
A person (contextually, someone in the war’s aftermath) is overwhelmed—eyes brimming with tears, trembling, and losing awareness. His close companions, themselves deeply shaken, attempt to console him at that moment.