Why: Sanjaya lingers on the tears and despondency before Krishna speaks a single word, the text refuses to skip the grief to get to the wisdom faster.

In life: this is that stretch right after something falls apart, before anyone has said anything useful to you yet, and you're just sitting in it.

Teaching: don't rush yourself, or anyone else, past this stage. Being witnessed in collapse is often the actual first step, not a delay before the real help starts.