Shloka 26
सौप्तिकपर्व — धृष्टद्युम्नसारथिवृत्तान्तः
Report of the Night Raid and Yudhiṣṭhira’s Lament
तच्छोकजं दुःखमपारयन्ती कथं भविष्यत्युचिता सुखानाम् | पुत्रक्षय भ्रातृवधप्रणुन्ना प्रदह्ममानेन हुताशनेन
tacchokajaṃ duḥkham apārayantī kathaṃ bhaviṣyaty ucitā sukhānām | putrakṣaya bhrātṛvadhapraṇunnā pradahyamānena hutāśanena ||
苏多说道：“她素来只配享安乐，怎能承受这由哀恸所生的痛苦——她将沦落到何等境地？因失子与兄弟被杀而受创，悲伤之火在心中炽燃，必将灼烧她，使她的处境凄楚可怜。”
सूत उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights the ethical and human cost of violence: beyond battlefield victory, the true consequence is the unbearable grief inflicted on families. It uses the metaphor of an inner fire to show how loss consumes a person from within, urging compassion and moral reflection on war’s aftermath.
Sūta describes a woman—one accustomed to comfort—who will be overwhelmed by sorrow after the destruction of her sons and the killing of her brothers. The narration emphasizes her impending, pitiable condition as grief burns in her heart like fire.