Shloka 13
Kuntī’s Retrospective Uddharṣaṇa and Renunciatory Resolve (कुन्त्युद्धर्षण-प्रत्याख्यानम्)
राजा तान् स्वरयोगेन स्पर्शन च महामना: | प्रत्यभिज्ञाय मेधावी समाश्वासयत प्रभु:,महामना बुद्धिमान् राजा धृतराष्ट्रने बोलनेके स्वरसे और स्पर्शसे पाण्डवोंको पहचानकर उन सबको आश्वासन दिया
rājā tān svarayogena sparśena ca mahāmanāḥ | pratyabhijñāya medhāvī samāśvāsayat prabhuḥ ||
ヴァイシャンパーヤナは語った。大いなる魂をもち聡明な王ドリタラーシュトラは、彼らの声の調子と触れた感触とによってパーンダヴァたちを見分け、確かめると、主として彼らを慰めた。この場面は、喪失と隠遁の中にあっても、血縁が親密な徴によって確かめられ、王の応答が疑いでも苛烈さでもなく、揺るがぬ落ち着きと慰撫であることを示している。
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
Even in decline and sorrow, dharmic conduct expresses itself as reassurance and steadiness toward one’s kin; true authority is shown by calming others and acknowledging relationship through empathy and recognition.
Dhṛtarāṣṭra, unable to rely on sight, identifies the arriving Pāṇḍavas by their voices and by touch, and then consoles them, establishing a moment of familial recognition and emotional settling.