Shloka 43
देवसत्रे मृत्युनिरोधः, पूर्वेन्द्राणां मानुषावतरणम्, द्रौपदी-वरकथनम्
Suspension of Death at the Devasatra; Former Indras’ Human Descent; Draupadī’s Boon Etiology
पौर्णमास्यां घनैर्मुक्तौ चन्द्रसूर्याविवोदितौ । तेषां माता बहुविधं विनाशं पर्यचिन्तयत्
paurṇamāsyāṃ ghanair muktau candrasūryāv ivoditau | teṣāṃ mātā bahuvidhaṃ vināśaṃ paryacintayat ||
ໄວສັມປາຍະນະ ກ່າວວ່າ: ໃນຄືນວັນເພັງ ເມື່ອຫຼຸດພົ້ນຈາກກອງເມກໜາ ພວກເຂົາສ່ອງສະຫວ່າງດັ່ງດວງຈັນແລະດວງອາທິດທີ່ພຶ່ງຂຶ້ນ. ແຕ່ເມື່ອເວລາອອກຮັບທານຜ່ານໄປ ແລະລູກຊາຍຍັງບໍ່ກັບຄືນ ມານາງກຸນຕີ—ດ້ວຍຄວາມຮັກລຶກຊຶ້ງ—ກໍຈົມຢູ່ໃນຄວາມກັງວົນຫຼາຍປະການ ຢ້ານວ່າພວກເຂົາຈະພິນາດ: ບາງທີລູກຂອງທຣິຕະຣາສຕຣະ ໄດ້ຈຳແນກພານດະວະ—ຜູ້ປະເສີດໃນວົງກຸຣຸ—ແລ້ວຂ້າພວກເຂົາ; ຫຼືບາງທີຣາກະສະຜູ້ນ່າຢ້ານ ແລະມີເລ່ຫຼ່ຽມ ຜູ້ຍຶດຖືຄວາມອາຄາດແນ່ນອນ ໄດ້ຂ້າລູກຂອງນາງ; ຫຼືບາງທີມີສິ່ງໃດເກີດຂຶ້ນຂັດກັບຈິດຕະນາທີ່ໄດ້ກຳນົດໄວ້ຂອງມະຫາຕະມະ ວະຍາສະ.
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights how deep affection can intensify fear and suspicion, and it contrasts human anxiety with the larger moral order—suggesting that even when appearances are bright (like moon and sun freed from clouds), the mind may still be clouded by worry, especially amid known enmity.
The Pāṇḍavas have not returned by the expected time, and Kuntī, their mother, becomes anxious and imagines possible causes—murder by the Kauravas, attack by hostile rākṣasas, or an unforeseen turn contrary to Vyāsa’s settled plan—while the narrator describes the sons’ radiant appearance through a vivid full-moon simile.