Shloka 46
चिन्तयित्वा तु राजेन्द्र ध्यानशोकपरायण: । निःश्वसन् दीर्घमुष्णं च विमनाश्चाभवत् ततः
cintayitvā tu rājendra dhyānaśokaparāyaṇaḥ | niḥśvasan dīrghamuṣṇaṃ ca vimanāś cābhavat tataḥ ||
サンジャヤは言った。「大王よ、深く思い巡らし、憂いと悲嘆の思索に沈んだ彼は、熱い長い溜息をついた。やがてその心はくじけ、沈鬱へと落ち込んだ。」
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
Unchecked grief and obsessive rumination (dhyāna-śoka) drain inner strength and judgment; in the Mahābhārata’s war context, this signals how moral and emotional burdens can erode steadiness, urging restraint, clarity, and dharmic composure even amid catastrophe.
Sañjaya reports to King Dhṛtarāṣṭra that the person being described, after thinking intensely and sinking into sorrowful brooding, exhales a long, heated sigh and becomes dejected—an outward sign of inner distress in the unfolding events of the Drona Parva.