Shloka 76
तमुवाच स कौन्तेय: पश्याम्येनं वनस्पतिम् । भवन्तं च तथा भ्रातृन् भासं चेति पुनः पुनः,यह सुनकर कुन्तीनन्दन युधिष्ठिर उनसे इस प्रकार बोले--'हाँ, मैं इस वृक्षको, आपको, अपने भाइयोंको तथा गीधको भी बारंबार देख रहा हूँ”
tam uvāca sa kaunteyaḥ paśyāmy enaṃ vanaspatim | bhavantaṃ ca tathā bhrātṝn bhāsaṃ ceti punaḥ punaḥ ||
हे ऐकून कुन्तीनंदन युधिष्ठिर म्हणाला—“होय, मी हा वृक्ष, आपण, माझे भाऊ आणि ते गिधाड—हे सर्व पुन्हा पुन्हा पाहत आहे.”
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights dharmic speech grounded in direct perception: one should state what one truly knows and sees, neither denying reality nor embellishing it—especially when facing a moral or spiritual test.
In a forest dialogue, Yudhiṣṭhira responds to a question by affirming that he repeatedly sees the tree, the interlocutor, his brothers, and a vulture—indicating attentive observation and truthful reporting within the ongoing episode.