वैशंपायन उवाच
ततः स द्रुपदो राजा हर्षव्याकुललोचनः ॥
प्रतिवक्तुं तदा युक्तं नाशकत् तं युधिष्ठिरम् ॥
यत्नेन तु स तं हर्षं संनिगृह्य परंतपः ॥
अनुरूपं ततो राजा प्रत्युवाच युधिष्ठिरम् ॥
पप्रच्छ चैनं धर्मात्मा यथा ते प्रद्रुताः पुरा ॥
स तस्मै सर्वम् आचख्याव् आनुपूर्व्येण पाण्डवः ॥
vaiśaṃpāyana uvāca
tataḥ sa drupado rājā harṣavyākulalocanaḥ ||
prativaktuṃ tadā yuktaṃ nāśakat taṃ yudhiṣṭhiram ||
yatnena tu sa taṃ harṣaṃ saṃnigṛhya paraṃtapaḥ ||
anurūpaṃ tato rājā pratyuvāca yudhiṣṭhiram ||
papraccha cainaṃ dharmātmā yathā te pradrutāḥ purā ||
sa tasmai sarvam ācakhyāv ānupūrvyeṇa pāṇḍavaḥ ||
‘Then King Drupada, his eyes bewildered with joy, could not answer Yudhishthira as was fitting; but, with effort restraining that joy, the king, scourge of foes, then answered Yudhishthira fittingly; and, righteous as he was, asked him how they had fled before — and the Pandava told him everything in order.’
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उपलब्ध भाषाएँRUENश्लोक बदलें इन कुंजियों से
Here joy is so great that it takes away speech. It is significant that Drupada, his eyes ‘bewildered with joy,’ does not at once find words: rejoicing, like grief, can render one speechless. In this lies the sincerity of feeling, not feigned but soul-shaking. Thus the text reveals the depth of a father's joy; and, having mastered himself, the king wishes to learn the whole account of their hardships.