Shloka 18
Aṃśāvataraṇa-kathana (Catalog of Divine/Asuric Portions in Human Births) — Chapter 61
सुतप्रियैषी तान् राजा पाण्डवानम्बिकासुत: । ततो विवासयामास राज्यभोगबुभुक्षया,अम्बिकानन्दन धृतराष्ट्र अपने पुत्रका प्रिय चाहनेवाले थे। अतः उन्होंने राज्यभोगकी इच्छासे पाण्डवोंको हस्तिनापुर छोड़कर वारणावतके लाक्षागृहमें रहनेकी आज्ञा दे दी
vaiśampāyana uvāca |
sutapriyaiṣī tān rājā pāṇḍavān ambikāsutaḥ |
tato vivāsayāmāsa rājyabhogabubhukṣayā ||
Vaiśampāyana sprach: König Dhṛtarāṣṭra, der Sohn Ambikās, der das suchte, was seinen eigenen Söhnen lieb war, ließ daraufhin die Pāṇḍavas fortschicken, getrieben vom Verlangen, die Genüsse der Königsherrschaft zu kosten.
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
A ruler’s dharma requires impartial justice; when governance is driven by attachment to power and favoritism toward one’s own children, it becomes ethically compromised and can initiate a chain of adharma.
Vaiśampāyana explains that Dhṛtarāṣṭra, motivated by affection for his sons and desire for royal enjoyment, arranged for the Pāṇḍavas to be sent away from the center of power—an action that aligns with the broader plot of removing them from Hastināpura (notably toward Vāraṇāvata and the lac house episode in the surrounding narration).