Shloka 8
दुर्योधनस्य प्रायोपवेशः — शकुनिसान्त्वनम् तथा कृत्याह्वानम्
Duryodhana’s Fast: Śakuni’s Consolation and the Summoning of a Kṛtyā
“उन सब बातोंपर तथा और भी पाण्डवोंके लिये जो विलाप किया गया है, उसपर विचार करके मैं किसी निश्चयपर नहीं पहुँच पाता कि द्वैतवनमें चलूँ या न चलूँ ।। ममापि हि महान् हर्षो यदहं भीमफाल्गुनौ । क्लिष्टावरण्ये पश्येयं कृष्णया सहिताविति,“यदि मैं भीमसेन तथा अर्जुनको द्रौपदीके साथ वनमें क्लेश उठाते देख सकूँ, तो मुझे भी बड़ी प्रसन्नता होगी
vaishampāyana uvāca | tāsu sarvāsu vārtāsu tathānyac ca yudhiṣṭhiram prati pāṇḍavānāṃ vilāpiteṣu ca vicārya nāhaṃ niścayaṃ prāpnomi dvaitavanaṃ gaccheyaṃ na vā | mamāpi hi mahān harṣo yad ahaṃ bhīma-phālgunaū kliṣṭāraṇye paśyeyaṃ kṛṣṇayā sahitāv iti |
Vaiśampāyana said: Reflecting on all those reports—and on the further lamentation made on behalf of the Pāṇḍavas—I cannot arrive at a firm decision whether I should go to the Dvaita forest or not. Yet I too would feel great joy if I could behold Bhīma and Phālguna (Arjuna), together with Kṛṣṇā (Draupadī), enduring the hardships of the wilderness.
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights ethical deliberation (niścaya) in the face of emotional reports and lamentation: one should reflect carefully before acting, yet also recognizes the moral value of standing near those who endure hardship with integrity.
Vaiśampāyana describes a speaker’s inner conflict about whether to go to Dvaitavana. Despite uncertainty, he expresses a strong desire to see Bhīma and Arjuna with Draupadī in the harsh forest, emphasizing their shared suffering during exile.