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Shloka 43

देवसत्रे मृत्युनिरोधः, पूर्वेन्द्राणां मानुषावतरणम्, द्रौपदी-वरकथनम्

Suspension of Death at the Devasatra; Former Indras’ Human Descent; Draupadī’s Boon Etiology

पौर्णमास्यां घनैर्मुक्तौ चन्द्रसूर्याविवोदितौ । तेषां माता बहुविधं विनाशं पर्यचिन्तयत्‌

paurṇamāsyāṃ ghanair muktau candrasūryāv ivoditau | teṣāṃ mātā bahuvidhaṃ vināśaṃ paryacintayat ||

Vaiśampāyana disse: Na noite de lua cheia, livres da massa de nuvens, eles resplandeciam como a lua e o sol recém-surgidos. Mas, quando o tempo de pedir esmolas já havia passado e seus filhos ainda não tinham voltado, sua mãe Kuntī—por profundo afeto—mergulhou em muitas inquietações, temendo sua destruição: talvez os filhos de Dhṛtarāṣṭra, reconhecendo os Pāṇḍavas, os mais eminentes da linhagem Kuru, os tivessem matado; ou talvez os terríveis e astutos rākṣasas, firmes em sua inimizade, tivessem assassinado seus filhos; ou talvez algo tivesse ocorrido contrário até mesmo à intenção já estabelecida do magnânimo Vyāsa.

पौर्णमास्याम्on the full-moon day
पौर्णमास्याम्:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootपौर्णमासी
FormFeminine, Locative, Singular
घनैःby clouds
घनैः:
Karana
TypeNoun
Rootघन
FormMasculine, Instrumental, Plural
मुक्तौreleased, freed (from)
मुक्तौ:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootमुक्त
FormMasculine, Nominative, Dual
चन्द्रसूर्यौthe moon and the sun
चन्द्रसूर्यौ:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootचन्द्र-सूर्य
FormMasculine, Nominative, Dual
इवas if, like
इव:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइव
उदितौrisen, appeared
उदितौ:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootउदित
FormMasculine, Nominative, Dual
तेषाम्of them
तेषाम्:
Adhikarana
TypePronoun
Rootतद्
FormMasculine/Neuter, Genitive, Plural
माताmother
माता:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootमातृ
FormFeminine, Nominative, Singular
बहुविधम्manifold, of many kinds
बहुविधम्:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootबहुविध
FormMasculine/Neuter, Accusative, Singular
विनाशम्destruction, ruin
विनाशम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootविनाश
FormMasculine, Accusative, Singular
परिaround; thoroughly (as preverb)
परि:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootपरि
अचिन्तयत्she thought, reflected
अचिन्तयत्:
TypeVerb
Rootचिन्त्
FormImperfect (Laṅ), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

वैशम्पायन उवाच

V
Vaiśampāyana
K
Kuntī
P
Pāṇḍavas
D
Dhṛtarāṣṭra’s sons (Kauravas)
V
Vyāsa
C
Candra (Moon)
S
Sūrya (Sun)
M
Megha/Ghana (clouds)
R
Rākṣasas

Educational Q&A

The verse highlights how deep affection can intensify fear and suspicion, and it contrasts human anxiety with the larger moral order—suggesting that even when appearances are bright (like moon and sun freed from clouds), the mind may still be clouded by worry, especially amid known enmity.

The Pāṇḍavas have not returned by the expected time, and Kuntī, their mother, becomes anxious and imagines possible causes—murder by the Kauravas, attack by hostile rākṣasas, or an unforeseen turn contrary to Vyāsa’s settled plan—while the narrator describes the sons’ radiant appearance through a vivid full-moon simile.