Shloka 1
Yudhiṣṭhira’s Remorse and Vyāsa’s Teaching on Impermanence (Śoka-nivāraṇa)
ऑपन--र< बछ। ] अति्ऑफाएड सप्तविशो<्ध्याय: युधिष्ठिरको शोकवश शरीर त्याग देनेके लिये उद्यत देख व्यासजीका उन्हें उससे निवारण करके समझाना युधिछिर उवाच अभिमन्यौ हते बाले द्रौपद्यास्तनयेषु च । धृष्टय्युम्ने विराटे च द्रुपदे च महीपतौ
yudhiṣṭhira uvāca | abhimanyau hate bāle draupadyās tanayeṣu ca | dhṛṣṭadyumne virāṭe ca drupade ca mahīpatau ||
ユディシュティラは言った。「ああ、賢者の中の最上よ。この戦において若きアビマンニュは討たれ、ドラウパディーの子らもまた倒れた。さらにドリシュタデュムナ、ヴィラータ、そして王ドルパダも落命した。これらの死と親族の滅びを目の当たりにして、私は悲嘆に呑まれている—自らを同族殺し、王権に貪る者、そして自家の血統を滅ぼす原因となった者と思うがゆえに。」
युधिछिर उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse initiates Yudhiṣṭhira’s moral crisis: even a war fought under claims of dharma leaves profound ethical residue—grief, guilt, and responsibility for the destruction of kin. It sets the stage for instruction on dharma, kingship, and inner reconciliation.
After the war, Yudhiṣṭhira addresses the sage (Vyāsa in the chapter’s frame), listing the fallen—Abhimanyu, Draupadī’s sons, Dhṛṣṭadyumna, Virāṭa, and Drupada—and expresses overwhelming sorrow and self-reproach.