Mahabharata 1.95.39 — Adi Parva, Adhyaya 95, Shloka 39
अध्याय ९५: चित्राङ्गदस्य गन्धर्वेण सह संग्रामः तथा विचित्रवीर्यस्य राज्याभिषेकः
Chitrāṅgada’s duel with the Gandharva and Vicitravīrya’s consecration
ततः सदार: सामात्य: सपुत्र: ससुहृज्जन: । राजा संवरणस्तस्मात् पलायत महाभयात्,तदनन्तर स्त्री, पुत्र, सुहृद् और मन्त्रियोंक साथ राजा संवरण महान् भयके कारण वहाँसे भाग चले
tataḥ sadāraḥ sāmātyaḥ saputraḥ sasuhr̥jjanaḥ | rājā saṃvaraṇas tasmāt palāyata mahābhayāt ||
তেতিয়া ৰজা সংবৰেণ পত্নী, মন্ত্ৰী, পুত্ৰ আৰু সুহৃদ্জনসহ মহাভয়ত তাড়িত হৈ সেই স্থান ত্যাগ কৰি পলায়ন কৰিলে।
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights pragmatic royal responsibility: in extreme peril, safeguarding one’s household and dependents may require withdrawal rather than stubbornly holding ground. It frames flight not as mere cowardice but as a response to a threat so great that preservation becomes the immediate duty.
Vaiśampāyana narrates that King Saṃvaraṇa, together with his wife, son, ministers, and friends, leaves the place and escapes because a great fear has arisen, indicating a sudden crisis forcing the royal party into flight.
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