Shloka 30
Droṇotpattiḥ and Dhanurveda-Prāpti
Origin of Droṇa and Acquisition of Martial Science
दुःखं मामनुसम्प्राप्तं राजंस्त्वद्विप्रयोगजम् । अद्यप्रभृत्यहं राजन् कुशसंस्तरशायिनी । भविष्याम्यसुखाविष्टा त्वद्दर्शनपरायणा
duḥkhaṃ mām anusamprāptaṃ rājan tvad-viprayogajam | adya-prabhṛty ahaṃ rājan kuśa-saṃstara-śāyinī | bhaviṣyāmy asukhāviṣṭā tvad-darśana-parāyaṇā ||
毗舍波耶那说：“大王啊，由与你离别而生的悲苦已临到我。从今日起，大王啊，我将卧于库沙草铺就的草席之上，沉没于忧伤，只以再见君颜之望而活。”
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
Separation-born sorrow can drive a person toward austerity and single-minded focus; the verse frames grief as something that can be met with restraint (sleeping on kuśa) and steadfast intent (longing for darśana), and in the broader passage it is often linked to karmic causality.
A woman (speaking to a king) declares that the pain of being parted from him has overtaken her; as a sign of mourning and self-discipline she vows to sleep on a kuśa-grass bed from that day, consumed by grief and intent only on seeing him again.