Shloka 363
Vyāsa’s Boon-Offer and Dhṛtarāṣṭra’s Remorse in the Forest Assembly (आश्रमवासिक पर्व, अध्याय ३६)
श्र॒त्वा राज्ञस्तदा निष्ठां न त्वशोचन् गतीश्व ते । तदनन्तर राजाकी मृत्युका समाचार सुनकर बहुत-से तपोधन उस तपोवनमें आये। उन्होंने उनके लिये कोई शोक नहीं किया; क्योंकि उन तीनोंकी सदगतिके विषयमें उनके मनमें संशय नहीं था
śrutvā rājñas tadā niṣṭhāṃ na tv aśocan gatīś ca te | tad-anantaraṃ rājñāṃ mṛtyu-kāḥ samācāraṃ śrutvā bahavaḥ tapodhanāḥ tasmin tapovane āyayuḥ | teṣāṃ teṣāṃ kṛte na śocan; yatas teṣāṃ trayāṇāṃ sad-gati-viṣaye teṣāṃ manasi saṃśayo na āsīt |
Nārada said: Hearing of the king’s steadfast end, those sages did not grieve for him, for they were certain of his blessed destiny. Thereafter, on hearing the news of the king’s death, many ascetics rich in austerity came to that hermitage-grove. They did not lament for the departed, because no doubt remained in their minds regarding the good course attained by those three.
नारद उवाच
Educational Q&A
True steadfastness in dharma and renunciation leads to an auspicious end; therefore the wise do not indulge in grief when they are certain of a righteous person’s good destiny.
Nārada reports that, after hearing of the king’s resolute end and then the news of his death, many ascetics arrive at the hermitage. They refrain from mourning because they have no doubt that the departed—spoken of as ‘those three’—have attained a blessed course.