Mahābhārata · 2.71.1–2
॥
Devanāgarī
धृतराष्ट्र उवाच
कथं गच्छति कौन्तेयो धर्मराजो युधिष्ठिरः ॥
भीमसेनः सव्यसाची माद्रीपुत्रौ च ताव् उभौ ॥
धौम्यश् चैव कथं क्षत्तर् द्रौपदी वा तपस्विनी ॥
श्रोतुम् इच्छाम्य् अहं सर्वं तेषाम् अङ्गविचेष्टितम् ॥
Transliteración (IAST)
dhṛtarāṣṭra uvāca
kathaṃ gacchati kaunteyo dharmarājo yudhiṣṭhiraḥ ||
bhīmasenaḥ savyasācī mādrīputrau ca tāv ubhau ||
dhaumyaś caiva kathaṃ kṣattar draupadī vā tapasvinī ||
śrotum icchāmy ahaṃ sarvaṃ teṣām aṅgaviceṣṭitam ||
Palabra por palabra
SánscritoIASTSignificado
कथं गच्छति कौन्तेयो धर्म-राजो युधिष्ठिरःkathaṃ gacchati kaunteyo dharma-rājo yudhiṣṭhiraḥ"how does the son of Kunti go, Dharmaraja Yudhishthira,
भीमसेनः सव्यसाची माद्री-पुत्रौ च ताव् उभौbhīmasenaḥ savyasācī mādrī-putrau ca tāv ubhauBhimasena, Savyasachi [Arjuna], and both sons of Madri?
धौम्यश् च एव कथं क्षत्तर् द्रौपदी वा तपस्विनीdhaumyaś ca eva kathaṃ kṣattar draupadī vā tapasvinīhow [does] Dhaumya [go], O Kshattri, and the ascetic Draupadi?
श्रोतुम् इच्छाम्य् अहम् सर्वं तेषाम् अङ्ग-विचेष्टितम्śrotum icchāmy aham sarvaṃ teṣām aṅga-viceṣṭitamI wish to hear everything about their bodily movements [gestures]."
धृतराष्ट्रdhṛtarāṣṭraoriginal form "dhṛtarāṣṭra", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
धर्मराजोdharmarājooriginal form "dharmarājo", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
माद्रीपुत्रौmādrīputrauoriginal form "mādrīputrau", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
चैवcaivaoriginal form "caiva", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
अहंahaṃoriginal form "ahaṃ", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
अङ्गविचेष्टितम्aṅgaviceṣṭitamoriginal form "aṅgaviceṣṭitam", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
Traducción
[Dhritarashtra:] "How does the son of Kunti go, Dharmaraja Yudhishthira, how do Bhimasena, Savyasachi, and both sons of Madri go? How does Dhaumya go, O Kshattri, and the ascetic Draupadi? I wish to hear everything about their bodily movements."
Versión
75690fbf5dd4 · publicado 16 jul 2026, 16:17:50 UTC
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The blind king, who did not witness the departure with his own eyes, hungers to know the smallest movement of those leaving -- and in this curiosity sounds the unease of conscience: one who allowed a calamity wants to learn how the innocent bear it. It is telling that bodily blindness here is an image of spiritual blindness: he asks about signs, unable before to discern the truth that stood plainly before him. The verse teaches that the guilty, once evil is done, turns to details, seeking in them either relief or confirmation of fear; that one blind in understanding needs an interpreter even for what is obvious; and that the question about the "gestures" of those departing will open for Vidura, who reads them, an occasion to proclaim the future hidden within the signs.