Shloka 2
Yudhiṣṭhira’s Grief, Kṛṣṇa’s Consolation, and Vyāsa’s Admonition (युधिष्ठिरशोक-निवारणोपदेशः)
अतीव मनसा शोक: क्रियमाणो जनाधिप । संतापयति चैतस्य पूर्वप्रेतानू पितामहान्
vaiśampāyana uvāca |
atīva manasā śokaḥ kriyamāṇo janādhipa |
santāpayati caitasya pūrvapretān pitāmahān ||
ಹೇ ಜನಾಧಿಪ! ಮೃತನಿಗಾಗಿ ಮನಸ್ಸಿನಲ್ಲಿ ಅತಿಯಾಗಿ ಶೋಕಿಸಿದರೆ, ಆ ಶೋಕವೇ ಅವನ ಪೂರ್ವದಲ್ಲಿ ಅಗಲಿದ ಪಿತಾಮಹರನ್ನು ತೀವ್ರವಾಗಿ ಸಂತಪ್ತಗೊಳಿಸುತ್ತದೆ.
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
Excessive, mentally clung-to grief is portrayed as ethically harmful: it does not merely affect the mourner but is said to distress the departed forefathers. The implied dharma is measured mourning and steadiness, supporting proper ancestral well-being and ritual order.
Vaiśampāyana addresses a king and explains a principle about mourning: when someone grieves too intensely for the dead, that grief is believed to cause suffering to the ancestors who have already passed away.