Shloka 15
आपद्धर्मे कोशबलन्यायः | Treasury, Force, and Crisis-Ethics for the King
इह द्रक्ष्यामि त॑ पुत्र द्रक्ष्यामीहेति पार्थिव: । एवमाशाहतो राजा चरन् वनमिदं पुरा
iha drakṣyāmi taṁ putra drakṣyāmīheti pārthivaḥ | evam āśāhato rājā caran vanam idaṁ purā ||
“এখানেই আমি সেই পুত্রকে দেখব—এখানেই নিশ্চয়ই তাকে দেখব।” এই আশায় আবদ্ধ হয়ে, হারানোকে ফিরে পাওয়ার তীব্র আকাঙ্ক্ষায়, পৃথিবীপতি রাজা একদা এই অরণ্যে বিচরণ করছিলেন।
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
Hope can be a sustaining force that drives one to continue difficult effort, but it can also bind the mind to expectation; the ethical lesson is to act with perseverance while seeking clarity rather than being consumed by mere anticipation.
A king, yearning to see his son again, repeatedly tells himself that he will surely find him ‘here’ and, propelled by that hope, roams through the forest searching.