Shloka 42
अध्याय ८२ — केशवप्रयाणे निमित्तदर्शनम्
Omens and Reception During Keśava’s Departure
आप हम पाण्डवोंका समाचार बताते हुए हमारी माँसे मिलियेगा और प्रणाम करके पुत्रशोकसे पीड़ित हुई उस देवीको बहुत-बहुत आश्वासन दीजियेगा ।। ऊढात् प्रभृति दुःखानि श्वशुराणामरिंदम । निकारानतदर्हा च पश्यन्ती दुःखमश्लुते,शत्रुदमन! उसने विवाह करनेसे लेकर ही अपने श्वशुरके घरमें आकर नाना प्रकारके दुःख और कष्ट ही देखे तथा अनुभव किये हैं और इस समय भी वह वहाँ कष्ट ही भोगती है
yudhiṣṭhira uvāca |
āpāṇḍavānāṃ samācāraṃ vaditvā asmākaṃ mātaraṃ militvā praṇamya putraśoka-pīḍitāṃ tāṃ devīm atibahu āśvāsaya ||
ūḍhāt prabhṛti duḥkhāni śvaśurāṇām ariṃdama |
nikārān atad-arhā ca paśyantī duḥkham aśnute ||
śatrudamana! sā vivāhāt prabhṛti śvaśura-gṛhe nānā-vidhāni duḥkhāni kaṣṭāni ca dṛṣṭvā anubhūya idānīm api tatraiva kaṣṭam aśnute |
Yudhiṣṭhira said: “After conveying news of us Pāṇḍavas, go and meet our mother. Bow to that noble lady, who is afflicted by grief for her sons, and console her again and again. From the time she was married, O subduer of foes, she has had to witness in her father-in-law’s house only many kinds of sorrows and humiliations—though she did not deserve them—and even now she continues to endure suffering there.”
युधिष्ठिर उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse foregrounds dharma as compassionate responsibility: one must convey truthful news, offer respectful salutations, and actively console those burdened by grief—especially one’s mother—recognizing undeserved suffering and responding with reassurance rather than indifference.
Yudhiṣṭhira instructs a messenger/ally to go to the Pāṇḍavas’ mother in the Kaurava/in-laws’ household, report the Pāṇḍavas’ condition, bow to her, and repeatedly comfort her. He emphasizes that she has endured many sorrows and humiliations since her marriage and continues to suffer even now.