Text 17
pṛthā bhrātṝn svasṝr vīkṣya
tat-putrān pitarāv api
bhrātṛ-patnīr mukundaṁ ca
jahau saṅkathayā śucaḥ
pṛthā — Kuntī; bhrātṝn — her brothers; svasṝḥ — and sisters; vīkṣya — seeing; tat — their; putrān — children; pitarau — her parents; api — also; bhrātṛ — of her brothers; patnīḥ — the wives; mukundam — Lord Kṛṣṇa; ca — also; jahau — she gave up; saṅkathayā — while talking; śucaḥ — her sorrow.
Queen Kuntī met with her brothers and sisters and their children, and also with her parents, her brothers’ wives and Lord Mukunda. While talking with them she forgot her sorrow.
Even the constant anxiety of a pure devotee, apparently just the opposite of the impersonalists’ śānti, can be an exalted manifestation of love of God, as exemplified by Śrīmatī Kuntīdevī, the aunt of Lord Kṛṣṇa and mother of the Pāṇḍavas.