Shloka 5
धृतराष्ट्रस्य क्षमायाचनं तथा युधिष्ठिरे न्यासदानम् / Dhṛtarāṣṭra’s Request for Forgiveness and the Entrustment to Yudhiṣṭhira
विचित्रवीर्यनन्दन राजा धृतराष्ट्रके इस प्रकार प्रस्थान करनेपर कौरवों और पाण्डवोंकी स्त्रियाँ तथा कौरवराजवंशकी अन्यान्य महिलाएँ सहसा रो पड़ीं। उनके रोनेका महान् शब्द उस समय सब ओर गूँज उठा था ।।
vaiśampāyana uvāca |
vicitravīryanandanaḥ rājā dhṛtarāṣṭraḥ evaṃ prakāraṃ prasthāne kṛte kauravāṇāṃ pāṇḍavānāṃ ca striyaḥ tathā kauravarājavaṃśasya anyānyāḥ mahilāḥ sahasā ruroduḥ | tāsāṃ ruditamahānādaḥ tadā sarvato digbhyaḥ pratidhvanitaḥ ||
tato lājaiḥ sumanobhiś ca navair vicitrābhiḥ tad gṛhaṃ pūjayitvā | sampūjya bhṛtyavargaṃ ca sarvaṃ tato samutsṛjya yayau narendraḥ ||
Vaiśampāyana sprach: Als König Dhṛtarāṣṭra, der Sohn Vicitravīryas, auf diese Weise aufbrach, brachen die Frauen der Kauravas und der Pāṇḍavas sowie die übrigen Damen des königlichen Kuru-Geschlechts plötzlich in Tränen aus. Der mächtige Klang ihrer Klage hallte damals in alle Richtungen. Daraufhin verehrte der König jene königliche Residenz mit geröstetem Korn und frischen, vielfarbigen Blumen; und nachdem er die gesamte Schar der Diener mit Gaben geehrt hatte, entließ er sie alle und zog fort.
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights vairāgya (detachment): even those bound by royal power and household ties must eventually relinquish possessions and dependents. The grief of the women shows the human cost of separation, while the king’s orderly worship and dismissal of servants models a dharmic, non-violent transition from worldly life toward renunciation.
Dhṛtarāṣṭra begins his departure; the women of both Kaurava and Pāṇḍava households and other Kuru ladies suddenly weep, their cries echoing everywhere. Dhṛtarāṣṭra then performs a final act of reverence to the palace with parched grain and fresh flowers, honours the servants with gifts, dismisses them, and leaves.