Shloka 1
अर्जुनस्य तीर्थयात्रा तथा मणलूर-सम्बन्धः
Arjuna’s Pilgrimage and the Maṇalūra Alliance
(दाक्षिणात्य अधिक पाठके ९९ श्लोक मिलाकर कुल १५१ श्लोक हैं) अपन क्ाा बछ। अकाल सप्ताधिकदद्विशततमो< ध्याय: पाण्डवोंके यहाँ नारदजीका आगमन और उनमें फूट न हो, इसके लिये कुछ नियम बनानेके लिये प्रेरणा करके सुन्द और उपसुन्दकी कथाको प्रस्तावित करना जनमेजय उवाच एवं सम्प्राप्य राज्यं तदिन्द्रप्रस्थं तपोधन । अत ऊर्ध्व॑ महात्मान: किमकुर्वत पाण्डवा:,जनमेजयने पूछा--तपोधन! इस प्रकार इन्द्रप्रस्थका राज्य प्राप्त कर लेनेके पश्चात् महात्मा पाण्डवोंने कौन-सा कार्य किया?
Janamejaya uvāca |
Evaṁ samprāpya rājyaṁ tad Indraprasthaṁ tapodhana |
Ata ūrdhvaṁ mahātmānaḥ kim akurvata Pāṇḍavāḥ ||
Janamejaya said: “O ascetic rich in austerity, after the Pāṇḍavas had thus obtained that kingdom—Indraprastha—what did those great-souled men do thereafter?”
जनमेजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse frames ethical kingship as a continuing responsibility: gaining a kingdom is not an endpoint; the real measure is what rulers do afterward—how they govern, maintain unity, and act in accordance with dharma.
Janamejaya, listening to the Mahābhārata narration, asks the ascetic narrator what actions the Pāṇḍavas undertook after they secured sovereignty over Indraprastha, setting up the next episode describing their subsequent conduct and policies.