Shloka 3
स दीर्घमुष्णं नि:श्वस्य शोकबाष्पपरिप्लुत: । तान् दृष्टवा पतितान् भ्रातृन् सर्वाश्विन्तासमन्वितः
sa dīrgham uṣṇaṁ niḥśvasya śokabāṣpapariplutaḥ | tān dṛṣṭvā patitān bhrātṝn sarvāśvintāsamanvitaḥ dharmaputro mahābāhur vilalāpa suvistaram ||
彼は熱い息を長く吐き、悲しみの涙に濡れたまま、ダルマの子ユディシュティラ—強き腕を持つ者—は倒れた兄弟たちを見つめ、あらゆる不安に押し包まれて、長く嘆き続けた。この場面は、血縁と責任が負う道義の重みを際立たせる。義なる王の悲しみは、ただの私的喪失ではなく、身内が討たれたとき義務そのものが危うくなるという、胸を圧する自覚なのである。
वैशग्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights how even the most dharma-oriented person is shaken when duty and kinship collide with catastrophe. Yudhiṣṭhira’s tears and ‘hot sigh’ portray the moral and emotional burden of leadership: righteousness is tested not in calm, but amid loss, fear, and responsibility for one’s own.
Vaiśaṃpāyana narrates that Yudhiṣṭhira sees his brothers lying fallen. Overcome with grief and anxious thoughts, he exhales long, burning sighs, is drenched in tears, and laments for a long time.