Text 35] Dhrtarastra Quits Home 703
pitari—upon my father; uparate—falling down; pandau— Maharaja Pandu;
sarvan—all; nah—us; suhrdah—well-wisher; sisin—small children; araksatam
—protected; vyasanatah—from all kinds of dangers; pitrvyau—uncles; kva—
where; gatau—have departed; itah—from this place.
TRANSLATION
When my father Pandu fell down and we were all small children,
these two uncles gave us protection from all kinds of calamities. They were
always our good well-wishers. Alas, where have they gone from here?
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suta uvaca
krpaya sneha-vaiklavyat
suto viraha-karsitah
atmesvaram acaksano
na pratyahatipiditah
sutah uvaca—Siita Gosvami said; krpaya—out of full compassion; sneha-
vaiklavyat—mental derangement due to profound affection; sutah—
Safijaya; viraha-karsitah—distressed by separation; atma-isvaram—his
master; acaksanah—having not seen; na—did not; pratyaha—replied;
atipiditah—being too aggrieved.
TRANSLATION
Sita Gosvami said: Safijaya, having not seen his own master, Dhrtar-
astra, due to compassion for his grief and mental condition, could not
properly reply to Maharaja Yudhisthira.
PURPORT
Safijaya was the personal assistant of Maharaja Yudhisthira for a very
long time, and thus he had the opportunity to study the life of Dhrtarastra.
And when he saw at last that Dhrtarastra had left home without his know-
