Shloka 503
अश्रमवासिनां विषादः — Lament in Hastināpura after the Elders’ Forest Withdrawal
अपश्यद् दु:खितां देवीं मातरं सव्यसाचिन: । दूरतककी देखने-सुनने और समझनेवाले वरदायक ऋषि व्यासने अर्जुनकी माता कुन्तीदेवीको दु:खमें डूबी हुई देखा
apaśyad duḥkhitāṃ devīṃ mātaraṃ savyasācinaḥ | dūrāt tak-kī dṛṣṭi-śravaṇa-bodha-sampannaḥ varadāyaka ṛṣir vyāso 'rjunasya mātaraṃ kuntī-devīṃ duḥkhena nimagnāṃ dadarśa |
毗舍婆耶那说道：从远处，赐福的圣者毗耶娑——具备远达的目力、听力与洞察——看见阿周那的神圣之母昆蒂天女，沉没在悲苦之中。
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights the universality of sorrow and the ethical call to compassionate attention: even revered figures like Kuntī endure grief, and the sage’s heightened perception is directed toward relieving or understanding suffering within the bounds of dharma.
Vaiśampāyana narrates that the sage Vyāsa, from a distance and with extraordinary perceptive powers, notices Kuntī—Arjuna’s mother—overwhelmed by sorrow, setting the stage for counsel, consolation, or a consequential development in the Ashramavāsika episode.