Shloka 7
धृतराष्ट्रस्य क्षमायाचनं तथा युधिष्ठिरे न्यासदानम् / Dhṛtarāṣṭra’s Request for Forgiveness and the Entrustment to Yudhiṣṭhira
तथार्जुनस्तीव्रदु:खाभितप्तो मुहुर्मुहुर्नि:श्वसन् भारता ग्र्यः । युधिष्ठिरं मैवमित्येवमुक्त्वा निगृह्माथो दीनवत् सीदमान:
tathārjunas tīvraduḥkhābhitapto muhur muhur niḥśvasan bhāratāgryaḥ | yudhiṣṭhiraṃ maivam ity evam uktvā nigṛhya atho dīnavat sīdamānaḥ ||
Vaiśampāyana dit : Alors Arjuna, le premier des Bhārata, brûlé d’un chagrin insupportable et poussant sans cesse de profonds soupirs, dit à Yudhiṣṭhira : « Frère, ne te laisse pas ainsi submerger. » Sur ces mots, il le retint des deux mains et, tel un homme entièrement accablé, s’affaissa et s’assit, la force l’abandonnant.
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
In the face of overwhelming sorrow, dharma first appears as compassionate steadiness: one should restrain despair (mā evam) and support those who are collapsing, even when one is oneself afflicted.
Arjuna, deeply distressed and repeatedly sighing, addresses Yudhiṣṭhira to not lose composure; he physically holds him with both hands and then, weakened by grief, sinks down and sits.