वैशंपायन उवाच
एतच् छ्रुत्वा तु कौन्तेयाः शल्यविद्धा इवाभवन् ॥
सर्वे चास्वस्थमनसो बभूवुस् ते महारथाः ॥
ततः कुन्ती सुतान् दृष्ट्वा विभ्रान्तान् गतचेतसः ॥
युधिष्ठिरम् उवाचेदं वचनं सत्यवादिनी ॥
vaiśaṃpāyana uvāca
etac chrutvā tu kaunteyāḥ śalyaviddhā ivābhavan ||
sarve cāsvasthamanaso babhūvus te mahārathāḥ ||
tataḥ kuntī sutān dṛṣṭvā vibhrāntān gatacetasaḥ ||
yudhiṣṭhiram uvācedaṃ vacanaṃ satyavādinī ||
Vaishampayana said: "Having heard this, the sons of Kunti became as if pierced by arrow-points, and all those great chariot-warriors became troubled in spirit. Then Kunti, seeing her sons troubled and their minds unsettled, she who speaks truth, said this word to Yudhishthira."
36b58858f95c · प्रकाशित 12 जुल॰ 2026, 5:19:51 pm UTC
उपलब्ध भाषाएँRUENश्लोक बदलें इन कुंजियों से
Here the news of the wondrous maiden pierces the heart like arrows. The comparison "as if pierced by arrow-points" is telling: a single word about Draupadi disturbs the brothers' peace — so does that which is destined draw the heart to itself. Here is the working of hidden providence: the heart responds to its allotted share before the mind knows of it; the pull toward Draupadi is the call of what is foreordained. It is also telling that the mother at once notices the change in her sons: a mother's watchful love reads even a silent agitation. Thus the scripture shows that destiny announces itself through the movement of the heart; and the brothers' unease is the first sign that the threads of their lives have already been drawn toward the daughter of Drupada.