Shloka 34
Rathaghoṣa–Saṃjñāna: Damayantī’s Inference and the Dispatch of the Envoy (Āraṇyaka-parva, Adhyāya 71)
एवं विचार्य बहुशो वार्ष्णेय: पर्यचिन्तयत् । हृदयेन महाराज पुण्यश्लोकस्य सारथि:,महाराज युधिष्ठिर! इस प्रकार पुण्यश्लोक नलके सारथि वार्ष्णेयने बार-बार उपर्युक्त रूपसे विचार करते हुए मन-ही-मन उक्त धारणा बना ली
evaṁ vicārya bahuśo vārṣṇeyaḥ paryacintayat | hṛdayena mahārāja puṇyaślokasya sārathiḥ |
মহাৰাজ! এইদৰে বাৰে বাৰে বিবেচনা কৰি, পুণ্যশ্লোক নলৰ সাৰথি বাৰ্ষ্ণেয় হৃদয়ত গভীৰ চিন্তা কৰিলে আৰু অন্তৰত এক দৃঢ় সিদ্ধান্তত উপনীত হ’ল।
ऋचुपर्ण उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse emphasizes repeated reflection and inward discernment before forming a decision—an ethical ideal in the epic: actions should arise from careful consideration rather than impulse.
R̥tupārṇa reports that Vārṣṇeya, Nala’s charioteer, repeatedly thinks over the matter and, within his heart, comes to a firm internal conclusion, while addressing Yudhiṣṭhira as ‘O great king’.