Shloka 31
नारायणीयमाख्यानम् (Nārāyaṇīyam Ākhyānam) — Nārada’s Return and Hymnic Consolidation
सक्ततामात्मनश्रैव प्रीतो5भूद् ब्रीडितश्न॒ ह
saktatām ātmanaś caiva prīto ’bhūd vrīḍitaś ca ha | kecid apsarābhir munīśreṣṭhaṁ vyāsaṁ dṛṣṭvā sva-vastrāṇi paridhāya | tadā putrasya muktatāṁ jñātvā munir mahān prahṛṣṭo ’bhavat, svātmanaḥ saṅgaṁ vicārya ca sa vrīḍita eva ||
ビーシュマは言った。「その仙人は、喜びと羞恥とを同時に覚えた。アプサラスの幾人かは、最勝の牟尼ヴィヤーサを見て衣をまとった。その時、わが子が解放されたと知った大牟尼は深く歓喜したが、己の執着を省みて、真の恥じらいにも包まれた。」
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
Even a great person may experience mixed emotions: joy at a dharmic resolution (the son's release) and shame upon recognizing one's own lingering attachment. Ethical maturity includes honest self-reflection and the capacity to feel restraint (vrīḍā) when desire has overreached.
Apsarases, noticing Vyasa, quickly cover themselves by putting on their garments. Vyasa learns that his son has been freed and feels great happiness; simultaneously, he reflects on his own attachment and becomes embarrassed, indicating an inner moral reckoning.