Shloka 10
तमथाश्वासयन् सर्वे ब्राह्मणा भ्रातृभि: सह | अथ धौम्योडब्रवीद् वाक्यं महार्थ नृपतिं तदा
tam athāśvāsayan sarve brāhmaṇā bhrātṛbhiḥ saha | atha dhaumyo 'bravīd vākyam mahārthaṃ nṛpatiṃ tadā ||
ਤਦ ਉਸ ਦੇ ਭਰਾਵਾਂ ਸਮੇਤ ਸਾਰੇ ਬ੍ਰਾਹਮਣਾਂ ਨੇ ਉਸ ਨੂੰ ਧੀਰਜ ਦਿੱਤਾ। ਫਿਰ ਮਹਰਿਸ਼ੀ ਧੌਮ੍ਯ ਨੇ ਨ੍ਰਿਪਤੀ ਨੂੰ ਗੰਭੀਰ ਅਰਥ ਵਾਲੇ ਬਚਨ ਕਹੇ।
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
In moments of distress, righteous leadership is sustained by wise counsel and the steadying support of the learned; profound instruction (mahārtha) is offered not merely to inform, but to restore dharmic clarity and resolve.
After the king is shaken, the brāhmaṇas and his brothers reassure him; then the sage Dhaumya begins a serious, meaningful address to the king (contextually Yudhiṣṭhira), setting up a moral or strategic counsel that follows.