Shloka 27
दमयन्ती-शपथः वायोः साक्ष्यं च
Damayantī’s Oath and Vāyu’s Testimony
न इदं च सदृशं भद्ठे मिथुन मम पुत्रयो: । अतो दृष्टवैव सहसा बाष्पमुत्सृष्टवानहम्,“भद्रे! ये दोनों बालक मेरे पुत्र और पुत्रीके समान हैं, इसीलिये इन्हें देखकर सहसा मेरे नेत्रोंसे आँसू बहने लगे
na idaṃ ca sadṛśaṃ bhadre mithunaṃ mama putrayoḥ | ato dṛṣṭvaiva sahasā bāṣpam utsṛṣṭavān aham ||
Wika ni Bṛhadaśva: “O marikit na ginang, ang magkaparis na ito’y hindi naiiba sa sarili kong mga anak. Kaya nang makita ko sila, biglang pumutok ang luha mula sa aking mga mata.”
बृहृदश्चव उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights empathy and familial identification: seeing vulnerable children who resemble one’s own naturally awakens compassion, reminding the listener that dharmic sensitivity includes being moved by others’ suffering rather than remaining indifferent.
Bṛhadaśva, speaking to a woman addressed respectfully as “bhadre,” describes his immediate emotional reaction upon seeing two children; because they reminded him of his own, he involuntarily shed tears.