Shloka 2
अध्याय ३३ — धृतराष्ट्रस्य कुशलप्रश्नाः तथा विदुरस्य योगसमाधिः
Chapter 33: Dhṛtarāṣṭra’s Welfare-Inquiries and Vidura’s Yogic Absorption
अब्रवीच्च मुदा युक्त: पुनरागमन प्रति । कथं नु त्यक्तदेहानां पुनस्तद्रूपदर्शनम्
abravīc ca mudā yuktaḥ punarāgamana-prati | kathaṁ nu tyakta-dehānāṁ punas tad-rūpa-darśanam ||
Dengan hati yang berseri oleh sukacita, namun masih ragu tentang kembalinya mereka, ia berkata: “Bagaimana mungkin mereka yang telah meninggalkan jasad dapat terlihat kembali dalam rupa yang sama?”
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse foregrounds a moral-psychological tension central to the epic: human reason hesitates before the mystery of death, while the narrative invites openness to extraordinary (often divinely enabled) modes of consolation and revelation without denying the reality of bodily death.
The speaker, while pleased, raises a doubt about ‘return’—questioning how those who have died (abandoned their bodies) could be seen again in the same recognizable form, setting up an explanation or miraculous disclosure in the surrounding passage.