Shloka 4
भीष्मपतनविषये धृतराष्ट्रस्य प्रश्नाः | Dhṛtarāṣṭra’s Questions on Bhīṣma’s Fall
निकारो निकृतिप्रज्जै: पाण्डवैस्त्वत्प्रतीक्षया | अनुभूत: सहामात्यै: क्षान्तश्न सुचिरं वने
nikāro nikṛtiprajñaiḥ pāṇḍavaistvatpratīkṣayā | anubhūtaḥ sahāmātyaiḥ kṣāntaś ca suciraṁ vane ||
قال سَنْجَايَا: «إن الباندافا—وهم على علم تام بما أُنزل بهم من إهانة وخداع—قد صبروا زمنًا طويلًا في الغابة مع وزرائهم، محتملين الشدائد بحِلمٍ، لأنهم ظلّوا ينظرون إليك ويرجون أن تعمل بالعدل».
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
Even when wronged, the Pāṇḍavas practice kṣamā (forbearance) and restraint, not from ignorance but from ethical discipline and hope that rightful authority will uphold justice; the verse also implies a ruler’s duty to respond to injustice rather than allow it to fester.
Sañjaya reminds the king that the Pāṇḍavas clearly knew they had been insulted and deceived, yet they accepted prolonged hardship in forest-exile with their advisers, waiting for the king to act justly toward them.