Shloka 353
द्रौपदी-शैब्यसंवादः — Draupadī’s Identification and Counsel on Hospitality
अधिगम्य व्यथाविष्ट: कर्णस्तौ प्रत्यभाषत । दुःशासन और दुर्योधनको इस प्रकार दुःखी होते देख कर्णके मनमें बड़ी व्यथा हुई। उसने निकट जाकर उन दोनोंसे कहा--
adhigamya vyathāviṣṭaḥ karṇas tau pratyabhāṣata | duḥśāsanaṃ ca duryodhanaṃ caivaṃ duḥkhitau dṛṣṭvā karṇasya manasi mahān vyathā samabhavat | sa upagamya tayor ubhayor idam uvāca ||
Вайшампаяна сказал: Увидев Духшасану и Дурьодхану, погружённых в скорбь, Карна глубоко страдал сердцем. Он подошёл к ним обоим и обратился — слова его рождались из верности союзникам и из долга наставления в час бедствия.
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights the ethical duty of a companion to respond to others’ suffering with presence and counsel. Karṇa’s anguish on seeing his allies’ grief frames friendship as responsibility—one must not remain passive when those bound by loyalty are in distress.
Vaiśampāyana narrates that Karṇa, moved by the sorrow of Duḥśāsana and Duryodhana, approaches them and begins to speak. The verse functions as a transition into Karṇa’s forthcoming counsel or response within the Vana Parva episode.