Shloka 87
Sabhā Parva, Adhyāya 68 — Pāṇḍavānāṃ Vanavāsa-prasthānaḥ; Duḥśāsana-nindā; Pāṇḍava-pratijñāḥ
युधन्वोवाच पुत्रसस््नेहं परित्यज्य यस्त्वं धर्मे व्यवस्थित: । अनुजानामि ते पुत्र जीवत्वेष शतं समा:
Yudhanvovāca putrasnehaṃ parityajya yastvaṃ dharme vyavasthitaḥ | anujānāmi te putra jīvatveṣa śataṃ samāḥ ||
Yudhanva sprach: „Da du die aus der Liebe zu deinem Sohn geborene Anhänglichkeit abgelegt und fest im Dharma verharrt hast, gewähre ich deinem Sohn die Erlaubnis, volle hundert Jahre zu leben.“
कश्यप उवाच
Educational Q&A
Steadfastness in dharma requires mastering personal attachment; when one renounces partiality born of familial affection and stands firm in righteousness, one becomes worthy of approval and blessing.
A speaker named Yudhanva addresses someone as “son,” praising him for abandoning son-centered attachment and remaining established in dharma, and then grants him permission/boon to live for a hundred years.