Shloka 27
Pāṇḍu’s Marriages, Conquests, and Triumphal Return (पाण्डोर्विवाह-विजय-प्रत्यागमनम्)
वैशम्पायनजी कहते हैं--कुरुनन्दन! उस समय भीष्मजीके इस प्रकार अपनी सम्मति देनेपर काली (सत्यवती)-ने मुनिवर कृष्णद्वैपायनका चिन्तन किया। जनमेजय! माताने मेरा स्मरण किया है
tām addhiḥ pariṣicyārtāṃ maharṣir abhivādya ca | mātaraṃ pūrvajaḥ putro vyāso vacanam abravīt ||
ત્યારબાદ સત્યવતીના જ્યેષ્ઠ પુત્ર મહર્ષિ વ્યાસે પોતાના કમંડલુના પવિત્ર જળથી દુઃખિત માતાને સિંછી, તેમને પ્રણામ કરીને આ રીતે કહ્યું.
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights dharma through filial reverence: even a great sage serves and honors his mother first—purifying, bowing, and speaking with humility—showing that spiritual stature does not replace basic duties of compassion and respect.
After being remembered by Satyavatī, Vyāsa appears. In this verse he performs a small rite of care—sprinkling his distressed mother with sacred water from his kamaṇḍalu, saluting her, and then beginning to speak.