Shloka 29
आदि पर्व (अध्याय १२७) — रङ्गे कर्णस्य अवमानः, दुर्योधनस्य प्रतिपक्ष-निवृत्तिः, मैत्री-स्थापनम् / Ādi Parva (Chapter 127) — Karṇa’s Public Humiliation, Duryodhana’s Intervention, and the Formation of Alliance
चुक्ुशु: पाण्डवा: सर्वे भीष्म: शान्तनवस्तथा । विदुरो ज्ञातयश्वैव चक्रुश्चाप्युदकक्रिया:,उस समय सभी पाण्डव पिताके लिये रो रहे थे। शन्तनुनन्दन भीष्म, विदुर तथा अन्य भाई-बन्धुओंकी भी यही दशा थी। सबने जलांजलि देनेकी क्रिया पूरी की
cukruśuḥ pāṇḍavāḥ sarve bhīṣmaḥ śāntanavas tathā | viduro jñātayaś caiva cakruś cāpy udakakriyāḥ ||
Disse Vaiśampāyana: Todos os Pāṇḍavas choraram. Bhīṣma, filho de Śāntanu, e Vidura, com os demais parentes, estavam na mesma aflição. Em seguida, concluíram os ritos da oferenda de água, dever filial que honra o falecido e reafirma o dharma mesmo em meio à dor.
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
Even in intense personal grief, dharma is upheld through prescribed duties toward the departed. The verse highlights that righteous conduct includes completing funerary rites (udakakriyāḥ), honoring ancestors and maintaining social-ritual order.
After the death of their father (contextually Pāṇḍu), the Pāṇḍavas, along with Bhīṣma, Vidura, and other relatives, mourn openly and then perform the water-offering rites for the deceased, completing the immediate ritual obligations.