Shloka 49
शल्यपर्वणि प्रथमाध्यायः — Karṇa-vadha-anantaraṃ Śalya-niyogaḥ, Saṃjayasya Dhṛtarāṣṭra-nivedanam
फिर बहुत देरके बाद जब राजा धुृतराष्ट्रको होश हुआ, तब वे पुत्रशोकसे पीड़ित हो चिन्तामग्न हो गये ।।
niḥśvasan jihvaga iva kumbhakṣipto viśāmpate | sañjayo 'py arudat tatra dṛṣṭvā rājānam āturam ||
良久之后，持国王（Dhṛtarāṣṭra）苏醒过来，便被丧子之痛所淹没，陷入焦灼的沉思。人民之主啊，他长长地、艰难地叹息，宛如被囚于瓮中的蛇。见国王如此痛楚，三阇耶（Sañjaya）也在那儿落泪。
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights the human cost of adharma and war: even a king is reduced to helpless, suffocating grief when the consequences of his choices and attachments mature. It also shows empathetic witnessing—Sañjaya’s tears mirror the moral weight of the catastrophe.
Dhṛtarāṣṭra regains consciousness after being overcome, then collapses into intense sorrow for his slain sons, breathing in long, strained sighs likened to a snake trapped in a jar. Seeing this, Sañjaya also breaks down and cries.