Shloka 10
Kuntī’s Consolation to Draupadī and Lament for the Dispossessed Pandavas (सभा पर्व, अध्याय 70)
कि नु वक्ष्यति बीभत्सुरजितो युधि पाण्डव: । भीमसेनो यमौ चोभौ भृशं कौतूहलान्विता:
ki nu vakṣyati bībhatsur ajito yudhi pāṇḍavaḥ | bhīmaseno yamau cobhau bhṛśaṃ kautūhalānvitāḥ ||
毗湿摩波耶那说：“那么，毕婆蹉——战场上未尝败绩的般度之子阿周那——究竟将宣示何种见解？毗摩与那对双生子又将说些什么？”在座诸王好奇心炽烈，急欲听到那将左右达摩之路、并牵动将来冲突的劝言。
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights the ethical weight of counsel in a royal assembly: the Pāṇḍavas’ words—especially Arjuna’s, famed for both prowess and moral discernment—are awaited because speech and judgment (mati) can steer collective action toward or away from dharma, particularly when conflict looms.
Vaiśampāyana narrates that the gathered kings are intensely eager to hear what Arjuna will say, and also what Bhīma and the twin brothers (Nakula and Sahadeva) will state. Their anticipated responses are treated as consequential opinions in the unfolding deliberations of the assembly.