Shloka 40
एवमन्यच्च वक्तव्यं कृपां कुर्याद् यथा मयि । वायुना धूयमानो हि वनं दहति पावक:ः,'ब्राह्मणो! ये तथा और भी बहुत-सी ऐसी बातें आप कहें, जिससे वे मुझपर कृपा करें। वायुकी सहायतासे प्रज्वलित आग सारे वनको जला डालती है (इसी प्रकार विरहकी व्याकुलता मुझे जला रही है)
evam anyac ca vaktavyaṃ kṛpāṃ kuryād yathā mayi | vāyunā dhūyamāno hi vanaṃ dahati pāvakaḥ ||
“And you should say many other such words as well, so that he may show compassion toward me. For fire, when fanned by the wind, burns down an entire forest—so too does my anguish, intensified by separation, consume me.”
युदेव उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights how suffering can intensify when fueled by external forces—like fire fanned by wind—and it frames compassionate response as an ethical necessity, urging speech that moves another toward mercy.
Yudhiṣṭhira asks a brāhmaṇa to convey further persuasive words to someone whose favor he seeks, hoping to awaken compassion; he illustrates his inner torment through the image of wind-driven fire consuming a forest.