Shloka 34
वैशम्पायन उवाच एवमुकक््त्वा सुदुः:खारतोीं जीवितात् स व्यमुच्यत । मृग: पाण्डुश्व दुःखार्त: क्षणेन समपद्यत,वैशम्पायनजी कहते हैं--यों कहकर वे मृगरूप-धारी मुनि अत्यन्त दुःखसे पीड़ित हो गये और उनका देहान्त हो गया तथा राजा पाण्डु भी क्षणभरमें दुःखसे आतुर हो उठे
vaiśampāyana uvāca evam uktvā sa duḥkhārto jīvitāt sa vyamucyata | mṛgaḥ pāṇḍuś ca duḥkhārtaḥ kṣaṇena samapadyata ||
Vaiśampāyana said: Having spoken thus, the sage who had assumed the form of a deer, overwhelmed by intense sorrow, was released from life. And King Pāṇḍu too, stricken with grief, was in an instant seized by anguish—marking the immediate moral and emotional consequence of the deed.
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse underscores karmic and ethical immediacy: harmful action, even if unintended or done in ignorance, can produce swift suffering and irreversible consequences, affecting both the victim and the agent.
After speaking (in context, the deer-formed sage’s final words), the sage dies from overwhelming sorrow; simultaneously, King Pāṇḍu is instantly overcome by grief, signaling the turning point that leads into the curse-and-consequence arc of Pāṇḍu’s life.