Shloka 48
शल्यपर्वणि प्रथमाध्यायः — Karṇa-vadha-anantaraṃ Śalya-niyogaḥ, Saṃjayasya Dhṛtarāṣṭra-nivedanam
स तु दीर्घेण कालेन प्रत्याश्वस्तो नराधिप: । तूष्णीं दथ्यौ महीपाल: पुत्रव्यसनकर्शित:
sa tu dīrgheṇa kālena pratyāśvasto narādhipaḥ | tūṣṇīṃ dadhyau mahīpālaḥ putravyasanakarśitaḥ ||
良久之后，国王才稍稍回神。然这位大地之主，被儿子所遭之祸磨蚀得形神俱疲，仍默然端坐，沉入沉重的思虑之中——哀痛依旧压在他的心上。
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights a moral-psychological truth often emphasized in the Mahābhārata: even those who bear public authority are not exempt from private sorrow. Composure may return with time, yet grief can still compel silence and inward reflection, reminding the listener of the human cost of conflict and attachment.
The narrator describes a king who, after a long interval, becomes somewhat steadied, but remains deeply afflicted by the disaster connected with his son. He does not speak; instead, he sits quietly, brooding and reflecting under the weight of that loss.