Shloka 13
Kuntī’s Retrospective Uddharṣaṇa and Renunciatory Resolve (कुन्त्युद्धर्षण-प्रत्याख्यानम्)
राजा तान् स्वरयोगेन स्पर्शन च महामना: | प्रत्यभिज्ञाय मेधावी समाश्वासयत प्रभु:,महामना बुद्धिमान् राजा धृतराष्ट्रने बोलनेके स्वरसे और स्पर्शसे पाण्डवोंको पहचानकर उन सबको आश्वासन दिया
rājā tān svarayogena sparśena ca mahāmanāḥ | pratyabhijñāya medhāvī samāśvāsayat prabhuḥ ||
毗湿摩波耶那说：那位大心而睿智的国王持国（Dhṛtarāṣṭra），凭他们熟悉的声调与触摸便辨认出般度五子；既已认出，便以君长之威与亲族之情安抚他们。此景表明：纵在失丧与退隐之中，血亲仍可由亲密的征象得以确认，而国王的回应是沉稳与慰藉，并非猜疑或苛厉。
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
Even in decline and sorrow, dharmic conduct expresses itself as reassurance and steadiness toward one’s kin; true authority is shown by calming others and acknowledging relationship through empathy and recognition.
Dhṛtarāṣṭra, unable to rely on sight, identifies the arriving Pāṇḍavas by their voices and by touch, and then consoles them, establishing a moment of familial recognition and emotional settling.