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Mahabharata · 7.50.82–83
॥
Санджая
Devanāgarī
सर्वास्व् अवस्थासु हिताव् अर्जुनस्य मनोनुगौ ॥
बहुमानात् प्रियत्वाच् च ताव् एनं वक्तुम् अर्हतः ॥
ततस् तं पुत्रशोकेन भृशं पीडितमानसम् ॥
राजीवलोचनं क्रुद्धं राजा वचनम् अब्रवीत् ॥
Transliteration (IAST)
sarvāsv avasthāsu hitāv arjunasya manonugau ||
bahumānāt priyatvāc ca tāv enaṃ vaktum arhataḥ ||
tatas taṃ putraśokena bhṛśaṃ pīḍitamānasam ||
rājīvalocanaṃ kruddhaṃ rājā vacanam abravīt ||
Word-by-word
SanskritIASTMeaning
सर्वासु अवस्थासुsarvāsu avasthāsuin all conditions [under any circumstance]; at every hour
हितौhitauwell-wishers [caring for his good]; well-wishers
अर्जुनस्य मनोनुगौarjunasya manonugaufollowing Arjuna's mind [dear to his heart]; attuned to Arjuna's heart
बहुमानात्bahumānātout of [mutual] regard; out of great respect
प्रियत्वात् चpriyatvāt caand out of [mutual] love; and out of love
तौ एनम् वक्तुम् अर्हतःtau enam vaktum arhataḥthose two are entitled to speak with him; only they are entitled to speak with him
ततः तम् पुत्रशोकेनtataḥ tam putraśokenathen him, from grief for his son; then him, with grief for his son
भृशम् पीडितमानसम्bhṛśam pīḍitamānasamwith a heart sorely afflicted; with a heart grievously afflicted
राजीवलोचनम्rājīvalocanamlotus-eyed; lotus-eyed
क्रुद्धम्kruddhamwrathful; wrathful
राजा वचनम् अब्रवीत्rājā vacanam abravītthe king [Yudhishthira] spoke a word; the king spoke a word
Translation
Those two, well-wishers at every hour, attuned to Arjuna's heart -- out of great respect and love, they alone were entitled to speak with him. And then, to him whose heart was grievously afflicted with grief for his son, the lotus-eyed, the wrathful one -- the king spoke a word.
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The verse names what earns the right to speak to one maddened by grief: "bahumanat priyatvat cha", "out of great respect and love". Not power, not kinship, but mutual regard and love open the way to a wounded heart. "Arjunasya manonugau", "attuned to Arjuna's heart" -- only one close to the sufferer's soul can heal. The chapter breaks off on the threshold of Yudhishthira's words, the King of Dharma about to tell the truth of the boy's death. The verse teaches that only love joined with respect is granted access to another's wound, and that to it alone is entrusted the hardest task -- to speak the truth to one who grieves.