Shloka 20
तमन्वधावन्नपतिरेक एव युधिष्ठिर: । प्रविशन्तं वन॑ घोरं लक्ष्यालक्ष्यं क्वचित् क्वचित्
tam anvadhāvann apatir eka eva yudhiṣṭhiraḥ | praviśantaṃ vanaṃ ghoraṃ lakṣyālakṣyaṃ kvacit kvacit ||
তেতিয়া কেৱল যুধিষ্ঠিৰ, কোনো সহচৰ নোলোৱাকৈ, তেওঁৰ পিছে পিছে দৌৰিলে। তেওঁ ভয়ংকৰ বনলৈ প্ৰৱেশ কৰিছিল—কেতিয়াবা দেখা দিছিল, কেতিয়াবা অদৃশ্য হৈ পৰিছিল।
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
Even when circumstances become frightening and unclear—‘now seen, now unseen’—one who is committed to dharma does not abandon responsibility. Yudhiṣṭhira’s solitary pursuit highlights steadfast care and moral resolve rather than comfort or safety.
Vaiśampāyana narrates that Yudhiṣṭhira alone, without attendants, runs after a person who is entering a terrifying forest. The pursued figure is intermittently visible, suggesting distance, obscurity, and the difficulty of following into an unknown, austere space.