Shloka 2
Yudhiṣṭhira’s Lament for Karṇa and Renunciation-Oriented Self-Assessment (शोक-प्रलापः / त्याग-प्रवृत्तिः)
आविष्टो दुःखशोकाशभ्यां नि:श्वसंश्ष पुन: पुनः । दृष्टवार्जुनमुवाचेदं वचनं शोककर्शित:,दुःख और शोकसे आविष्ट हो वे बारंबार लंबी साँस खींचने लगे और अर्जुनको देखकर शोकसे पीड़ित हो इस प्रकार बोले
āviṣṭo duḥkhaśokābhyāṃ niḥśvasan punaḥ punaḥ | dṛṣṭvārjunam uvācedaṃ vacanaṃ śokakarśitaḥ ||
ヴァイシャンパーヤナは語った。悲苦と憂いに取り憑かれ、彼は幾度も深い溜息をついた。やがてアルジュナを目にし、喪の嘆きにやつれたまま、次の言葉を口にした—助言に先立ち、苦悩と責任が心を圧する沈鬱な道義の枠組みがここに据えられる。
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse foregrounds the ethical psychology of dharma-discourse: true counsel often begins from acknowledged sorrow and moral burden. It signals that the forthcoming words arise from lived suffering, not mere theory.
The narrator describes a grief-stricken figure repeatedly sighing; upon seeing Arjuna, he speaks. The scene functions as a transition into instruction or guidance addressed to Arjuna in the Shanti Parva context.