नाहं वेद गतिं पित्रोर्भगवन्क्व गतावितः ।
अम्बा वा हतपुत्रार्ता क्व गता च तपस्विनी ॥३९॥
yudhiá¹£á¹hira uvÄca
nÄhaá¹ veda gatiá¹ pitror
bhagavan kva gatÄv itaḥ
ambÄ vÄ hata-putrÄrtÄ
kva gatÄ ca tapasvinÄ«
yudhiá¹£á¹hiraḥ uvÄca - MahÄrÄja Yudhiá¹£á¹hira said; na - do not; aham - myself; veda - know it; gatim - departure; pitroḥ - of the uncles; bhagavan - O godly personality; kva - where; gatau - gone; itaḥ - from this place; ambÄ - mother aunt; vÄ - either; hata-putrÄ - bereft of her sons; ÄrtÄ - aggrieved; kva - where; gatÄ - gone; ca - also; tapasvinÄ« - ascetic.
MahÄrÄja Yudhiá¹£á¹hira said: O godly personality, I do not know where my two uncles have gone. Nor can I find my ascetic aunt who is griefstricken by the loss of all her sons.
MahÄrÄja Yudhiá¹£á¹hira, as a good soul and devotee of the Lord, was always conscious of the great loss of his aunt and her sufferings as an ascetic. An ascetic is never disturbed by all kinds of sufferings, and that makes him strong and determined on the path of spiritual progress. Queen GÄndhÄrÄ« is a typical example of an ascetic because of her marvelous character in many trying situations. She was an ideal woman as mother, wife and ascetic, and in the history of the world such character in a woman is rarely found.
