तथा पृष्टा यथातत्त्वमाख्यातुमुपचक्रमे। मातास्य सुमहद्वाक्यं विप्रियं प्रियशङ्कया।।2.72.41।।
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English Translation
तथा thus, पृष्टा questioned, अस्य माता his mother, सुमहत् great, विप्रियम् grievous, वाक्यम् words, प्रियशङ्कया presuming it to be pleasant, यथातत्त्वम् exact fact, आख्यातुम् to relate, उपचक्रमे commenced.
English Commentary
Thus questioned, his mother started relating the exact events, presuming them to be pleasant tidings (for Bharata).