Shloka 10
Kṛṣṇa–Arjuna Saṃvāda in Indraprastha: Consolation, Legitimation, and Leave for Dvārakā (आश्वमेधिकपर्व, अध्याय १५)
स तमाथ्चवास्य विधिवद् विज्ञानज्ञों महातपा: । अपदहृत्यात्मनो भारं विशश्रामेव सात्वत:
sa tam āśvāsya vidhivad vijñānajño mahātapāḥ | apadahṛtyātmano bhāraṃ viśaśrāmeva sāttvataḥ ||
Vaiśampāyana dit : Śrī Kṛṣṇa, grand ascète et connaisseur du juste discernement, le consola (Arjuna) selon l’ordre et la règle. Ayant ainsi déposé le fardeau qu’il avait pris sur lui, ce Sāttvata (Kṛṣṇa) sembla se reposer, comme soulagé—signifiant que le conseil avisé et la réassurance conforme au dharma peuvent raffermir un guerrier ébranlé et rétablir l’équilibre moral après de cruelles épreuves.
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
Right counsel given in a proper, dharmic manner can lighten another’s distress and also release the counselor from the weight of responsibility; ethical leadership includes restoring steadiness and clarity after trauma.
Vaiśampāyana narrates that Kṛṣṇa, described as a great ascetic and knower of discernment, consoles Arjuna according to proper procedure; after reassuring him, Kṛṣṇa seems to rest, as though having set aside his own burden.