Shloka 17
Aśvatthāmā’s Buddhi-Doctrine and Nocturnal Incursion Resolve (अश्वत्थाम्नः बुद्धिविचारः सौप्तिकसंकल्पश्च)
उपजाता व्यसनजा येयमद्य मतिर्मम । युवयोस्तां प्रवक्ष्यामि मम शोकविनाशिनीम्,आज संकटमें पड़नेसे मेरे अंदर जो बुद्धि पैदा हुई है, उसे मैं आप दोनोंको बता रहा हूँ। वह मेरे शोकका विनाश करनेवाली है
upajātā vyasanajā yeyam adya matir mama | yuvayos tāṁ pravakṣyāmi mama śokavināśinīm ||
Sañjaya dijo: «Hoy, en medio de la calamidad, ha surgido en mí una determinación. La declararé a vosotros dos: este entendimiento mío, nacido de la adversidad, que tiene poder para disipar mi pena».
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
That insight and steadiness can arise from adversity; a mind shaped by crisis may generate a resolve capable of overcoming grief, and such counsel should be communicated for guidance.
Sañjaya, speaking to two listeners (yuvayoḥ), announces that a new resolve has arisen in him amid the present calamity, and he is about to explain it as a means to remove his sorrow.