Shloka 30
अध्याय ८ — शल्यस्य सत्कारः, वरदानं, पाण्डवसमागमश्च (Śalya’s Reception, the Boon, and Meeting the Pāṇḍavas)
सुदुष्करं कृतं राजन् निर्जने वसता त्वया । भ्रातृभि: सह राजेन्द्र कृष्णया चानया सह,“राजन! तुमने अपने भाइयों तथा इस द्रुपदकुमारी कृष्णाके साथ निर्जन वनमें निवास करके अत्यन्त दुष्कर कार्य किया है
suduṣkaraṃ kṛtaṃ rājan nirjane vasatā tvayā | bhrātṛbhiḥ saha rājendra kṛṣṇayā cānayā saha ||
വൈശമ്പായനൻ പറഞ്ഞു—ഹേ രാജൻ! നിർജന വനത്തിൽ വസിച്ച് നീ അത്യന്തം ദുഷ്കരമായ കാര്യം നിർവഹിച്ചു. ഹേ രാജേന്ദ്ര! സഹോദരന്മാരോടും ഈ കൃഷ്ണാ (ദ്രൗപദി)യോടും കൂടി നീ ആ കഷ്ടം സഹിച്ചു.
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse praises steadfast endurance of hardship undertaken for the sake of duty: true nobility is shown not only in power but in disciplined perseverance—remaining committed to dharma even when life becomes lonely, austere, and painful.
Vaiśampāyana addresses the king (Yudhiṣṭhira) and commends him for having lived in the wilderness with his brothers and Draupadī, emphasizing how difficult the exile was and acknowledging the moral strength required to bear it.