Mahabharata — Ashvamedhika Parva, Shloka 25
Abhimanyu’s Śrāddha; Vyāsa’s Assurance of the Unborn Heir (अभिमन्योः श्राद्धं तथा गर्भरक्षणोपदेशः)
दुःखार्ताथो सुतं प्राप्प कुररीव ननाद ह । द्रौपदी च समासाद्य पर्यपृच्छत दुःखिता
duḥkhārtātho sutaṃ prāpya kurarīvā nanāda ha | draupadī ca samāsādya paryapṛcchata duḥkhitā ||
毗舍波耶那说：她为悲痛所压倒，赶到儿子身边，哀号如库拉丽鸟。随后，她满怀忧伤走近德劳帕蒂，向她发问，欲明白这场大难之中究竟发生了什么。
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights the natural force of grief and the ethical impulse to seek clarity and counsel in suffering: lament is human, but approaching a trusted person and asking what occurred is a step toward understanding and eventual steadiness.
A grieving woman reaches her son and wails loudly, compared to the piercing cry of a kurarī-bird. Still distressed, she then goes to Draupadī and questions her, indicating a moment of inquiry amid the broader post-conflict sorrow of the Ashvamedhika narrative.