Shloka 41
Udyoga-parva Adhyāya 130: Kuntī’s Instruction on Rājadharma and Daṇḍanīti
ततो रथेन शुभ्रेण महता किडुकिणीकिना । कुरूणां पश्यतां द्रष्टं स््वसारं स पितुर्यया
tato rathena śubhreṇa mahatā kiḍukiṇīkinā | kurūṇāṃ paśyatāṃ draṣṭuṃ svasāraṃ sa pitur yayā ||
Darauf brach er in einem prächtigen, gewaltigen Wagen auf, der vom Klingeln seiner Zierate widerhallte, um seine Schwester zu sehen—jene, die in das Haus ihres Vaters gegangen war—während die Kuru zusahen. Die Szene betont den öffentlichen, höfischen Charakter familiärer Pflicht: Verwandtschaftliche Verpflichtungen sind nicht bloß private Regungen, sondern sichtbare Handlungen, die unter den Ältesten der Kuru soziales und ethisches Gewicht tragen.
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights that dharma in a royal setting includes visible, socially accountable fulfillment of family obligations—acts like visiting and honoring kin are performed with propriety before the community, reinforcing ethical order.
A male figure departs in a splendid, ornamented chariot to visit his sister who is associated with her father’s house, and this departure occurs in full view of the Kurus, indicating a formal, court-observed action.