Shloka 42
यो5हं भवन्न्तं दुःखार्तमुपवासकृशं भूशम् । जिताहारं क्षितिशयं न विन्दे भ्रातृभि: सह,आप दुःखसे आतुर और उपवास करनेके कारण अत्यन्त दुर्बल होकर पृथ्वीपर शयन कर रहे हैं तथा भोजनपर भी संयम कर लिया है और मैं भाइयोंसहित आपकी इस अवस्थाका पता ही न पा सका
yo 'haṁ bhavantaṁ duḥkhārtaṁ upavāsa-kṛśaṁ bhūśam | jitāhāraṁ kṣitiśayaṁ na vinde bhrātṛbhiḥ saha ||
ユディシュティラは言った。「私は兄弟たちとともに探し回ったのに、あなたを見いだせなかった。あなたは悲嘆に苦しみ、断食でやせ衰え、裸の大地に横たわり、食を厳しく慎んでおられたというのに。あなたのご様子を知り得なかったこと自体が、私の悔恨の種である。」
युधिछिर उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights ethical responsibility toward elders and dependents: even a righteous king must remain vigilant to others’ suffering. It also frames fasting, restraint, and sleeping on the ground as marks of ascetic hardship that demand compassionate response rather than neglect.
Yudhiṣṭhira addresses an honored person who has withdrawn into severe austerity—fasting, food-restraint, and sleeping on the earth—while burdened by grief. He laments that he and his brothers could not locate or learn of this condition in time.