Shloka 14
भीष्मशिबिरगमनम् — Duryodhana’s Visit to Bhīṣma’s Camp and the Command Appeal
मातु: समागमो यश्च तत् सर्व प्रत्यवेदयत् । तच्च सर्व यथावृत्तमनुसस्मार पाण्डव:
mātuḥ samāgamo yaś ca tat sarvaṃ pratyavedayat | tac ca sarvaṃ yathāvṛttam anusasmāra pāṇḍavaḥ ||
ತನ್ನ ತಾಯಿಯೊಂದಿಗೆ ನಡೆದ ಸಂಗಮದ ವಿಷಯವನ್ನೆಲ್ಲ ಅವನು ಸಂಪೂರ್ಣವಾಗಿ ತಿಳಿಸಿದನು. ಅದನ್ನು ಕೇಳಿ ಪಾಂಡವನಾದ ಅರ್ಜುನನಿಗೆ ಆ ಎಲ್ಲವೂ ನಡೆದಂತೆಯೇ ಸ್ಪಷ್ಟವಾಗಿ ನೆನಪಾಯಿತು.
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
Truthful narration of one’s origin and circumstances (yathāvṛttam) is presented as ethically significant: it enables rightful recognition of relationships and duties, especially in a war setting where identity and obligation matter.
A person (contextually Irāvān in the surrounding prose) recounts to Arjuna the details of his mother’s union with Arjuna; upon hearing the accurate account, Arjuna recollects the events exactly as they occurred.