Shloka 10
धृतराष्ट्रस्य पाण्डवेषु प्रीति-वृत्तान्तः | Dhṛtarāṣṭra’s Affectionate Disposition toward the Pāṇḍavas
एताश्चान्याश्व विविधा: शल्यभूता नराधिप:
etāś cānyāś ca vividhāḥ śalyabhūtā narādhipaḥ
वैशम्पायन बोले— “और ये तथा अन्य नाना प्रकार की पीड़ाएँ उस नराधिप के भीतर शल्य के समान धँस गईं—उसे भीतर ही भीतर बेधती और संतप्त करती रहीं।”
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse uses the metaphor of a lodged barb (śalya) to show how unresolved sorrow, guilt, and painful memories can wound from within; ethical life requires acknowledging such inner suffering and seeking rightful means of purification, restraint, and reconciliation.
Vaiśampāyana continues describing the king’s condition: multiple, varied troubles and griefs are weighing on him, experienced as sharp inner pains—setting the emotional ground for the renunciatory movement of the Āśramavāsika narrative.