Shloka 14
धृतराष्ट्रस्य मूर्च्छा—व्यासोपदेशः
Dhṛtarāṣṭra’s Collapse and Vyāsa’s Counsel
न ते<स्त्यविदितं किंचिद् वेदितव्यं परंतप । अनित्यतां हि मर्त्यानां विजानासि न संशय:,शत्रुसंतापी नरेश! जाननेयोग्य जो कोई भी तत्त्व है, वह तुमसे अज्ञात नहीं है। तुम मानव-जीवनकी अनित्यताको अच्छी तरह जानते हो, इसमें संशय नहीं है
na te 'sty aviditaṁ kiñcid veditavyaṁ parantapa | anityatāṁ hi martyānāṁ vijānāsi na saṁśayaḥ ||
न तेऽस्त्यविदितं किंचिद्वेदितव्यं परंतप । अनित्यतां हि मर्त्यानां विजानासि न संशयः ॥
व्यास उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse underscores anityatā—human life is transient. Since the listener already knows this truth, Vyāsa implies that grief should be tempered by wisdom and acceptance of mortality.
In the grief-filled context of Strī Parva after the war, Vyāsa addresses the king with a consoling, instructive reminder: nothing essential is unknown to him, and he already understands the impermanence that underlies death and loss.