Shloka 18
Bhīṣma’s Hymn to Viṣṇu and Kṛṣṇa’s Criteria for Divine Self-Disclosure
तज्ज्ञातिशोकोपहतश्रुताय सत्याभिसंधाय युधिष्ठिराय । प्रब्रूहि धर्मार्थसमाधियुक्तं सत्यं वचो5स्यापनुदाशु शोकम्
vāyudeva uvāca |
taj-jñāti-śokopahata-śrutāya satyābhisaṃdhāya yudhiṣṭhirāya |
prabrūhi dharmārtha-samādhi-yuktaṃ satyaṃ vaco ’syāpanudāśu śokam ||
風神ヴァーユは言った。「真実に堅く志を定めたユディシュティラに、ダルマとアルタ、そして観想の揺るがぬ安定を備えた真実の言葉を語れ。親族を失った悲嘆が彼の学識を覆い尽くしている。その真実によって、速やかに彼の憂いを払い去れ。」
वायुदेव उवाच
Educational Q&A
Truthful counsel should be delivered in a way that integrates dharma (moral duty), artha (practical welfare), and samādhi (inner composure). Such integrated truth is presented as a remedy for grief that overwhelms even learned understanding.
Vāyu addresses the situation of Yudhiṣṭhira, whose scriptural learning is said to be eclipsed by sorrow for his relatives. He urges that Yudhiṣṭhira be instructed with truthful, well-balanced guidance so that his grief may be quickly removed.