Shloka 42
धृतराष्ट्रस्य पाण्डवेषु प्रीति-वृत्तान्तः | Dhṛtarāṣṭra’s Affectionate Disposition toward the Pāṇḍavas
यो5हं भवन्न्तं दुःखार्तमुपवासकृशं भूशम् । जिताहारं क्षितिशयं न विन्दे भ्रातृभि: सह
yo 'haṁ bhavantaṁ duḥkhārtaṁ upavāsa-kṛśaṁ bhūśam | jitāhāraṁ kṣitiśayaṁ na vinde bhrātṛbhiḥ saha ||
ຢຸທິສຖິຣ ກ່າວວ່າ: «ຂ້າບໍ່ອາດພົບພຣະອົງໄດ້—ແມ່ນແຕ່ຂ້າຄົ້ນຫາພ້ອມກັບອ້າຍນ້ອງ—ໃນຂະນະທີ່ພຣະອົງຖືກຄວາມໂສກເສົ້າບີບຄັ້ນ, ຜອມແຫ້ງເນື່ອງຈາກການອົດອາຫານ, ນອນຢູ່ເທິງດິນເປົ່າ, ແລະດຳລົງຊີວິດດ້ວຍການສຳລວມອາຫານຢ່າງເຂັ້ມງວດ. ການທີ່ຂ້າບໍ່ຮູ້ສະພາບຂອງພຣະອົງ ແມ່ນເຫດໃຫ້ຂ້າເສຍໃຈຢ່າງຍິ່ງ»។
युधिछिर उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights ethical responsibility toward elders and dependents: even a righteous king must remain vigilant to others’ suffering. It also frames fasting, restraint, and sleeping on the ground as marks of ascetic hardship that demand compassionate response rather than neglect.
Yudhiṣṭhira addresses an honored person who has withdrawn into severe austerity—fasting, food-restraint, and sleeping on the earth—while burdened by grief. He laments that he and his brothers could not locate or learn of this condition in time.