Shloka 26
Pāṇḍu’s Marriages, Conquests, and Triumphal Return (पाण्डोर्विवाह-विजय-प्रत्यागमनम्)
परिष्वज्य च बाहुभ्यां प्रस्नरवैरभ्यषिज्चत । मुमोच बाष्प॑ दाशेयी पुत्र दृष्टवा चिरस्य तु
pariṣvajya ca bāhubhyāṃ prasnaravair abhyaṣiñcat | mumoca bāṣpaṃ dāśeyī putraṃ dṛṣṭvā cirasya tu ||
ໄວສັມປາຍະນະ ກ່າວວ່າ: ນາງໄດ້ກອດລູກດ້ວຍແຂນທັງສອງ ແລະຊຳລະລູກດ້ວຍນ້ຳຕາທີ່ໄຫຼອອກພ້ອມສຽງສະອື້ນ. ນາງຊາວປະມົງນັ້ນໄດ້ປ່ອຍຄວາມຮ້ອງໄຫ້ທີ່ອັດອັ້ນມາດົນ ເພາະໄດ້ເຫັນບຸດອີກຄັ້ງຫຼັງເວລາອັນຍາວນານ.
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights the ethical and human truth that familial affection—especially a mother’s love—transcends social identity and expresses a natural dharma: compassion, attachment, and care for one’s child, intensified by long separation.
The fisherwoman, upon seeing her son after a long time, embraces him tightly and drenches him with tears while sobbing; she finally releases her pent-up grief through weeping.