Shloka 2
Āśvamedhika-parva, Adhyāya 14
Consolation of Yudhiṣṭhira; Rites and Gifts; Return to Hastināpura
सो<नुनीतो भगवता विष्टरश्रवसा स्वयम् | द्वैधायनेन कृष्णेन देवस्थानेन वा विभु:
so 'nunīto bhagavatā viṣṭaraśravasā svayam | dvaidhāyanena kṛṣṇena devasthānena vā vibhuḥ ||
ವೈಶಂಪಾಯನನು ಹೇಳಿದರು—ಈ ರೀತಿಯಾಗಿ ವಿಷ್ಟರಶ್ರವನೆಂಬ ಭಗವಾನ್ ಶ್ರೀಕೃಷ್ಣನು ಸ್ವತಃ, ಹಾಗೆಯೇ ಕೃಷ್ಣದ್ವೈಪಾಯನ ವ್ಯಾಸನು ಮತ್ತು ದೇವಸ್ಥಾನನು ಇವರು ಉಪದೇಶಿಸಿ ಸಾಂತ್ವನ ನೀಡಿದುದರಿಂದ ಆ ವಿಭು (ಯುಧಿಷ್ಠಿರ) ಸ್ಥಿರಮನಸ್ಕನಾದನು.
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
After immense loss, dharmic recovery begins through right counsel: the ruler regains steadiness by listening to authoritative, compassionate instruction rather than remaining trapped in grief.
Vaiśampāyana reports that Yudhiṣṭhira is being guided and reassured by major figures—Śrī Kṛṣṇa, Vyāsa, and Devasthāna—setting the stage for his mind to settle and for governance aligned with dharma to resume.