Shloka 10
धृतराष्ट्रस्य वनप्रस्थानानुज्ञा | Permission for Dhṛtarāṣṭra’s Forest-Retirement
सर्वप्रकृतिसांनिध्यं कारयित्वा स्ववेश्मनि | जानेके पहले मैं चाहता हूँ कि समस्त प्रजाको घरपर बुलाकर अपने मरे हुए उन जुआरी पुत्रोंके उद्देश्य्से उनके पारलौकिक लाभके लिये कुछ धन दान कर दूँ ।। वैशम्पायन उवाच इत्युक्त्वा धर्मराजाय प्रेषयमास वै तदा,अयं च कौरवो राजा कुन्तीपुत्रो युधिष्ठिर:
sarva-prakṛti-sānnidhyaṁ kārayitvā sva-veśmani | jāneke pahale maiṁ cāhatā hūṁ ki samasta-prajāko gharapar bulākara apane mare hue una juārī putroṁke uddheśyase unake pāralaukika lābhake liye kucha dhana dāna kara dūṁ || vaiśampāyana uvāca ity uktvā dharma-rājāya preṣayāmāsa vai tadā, ayaṁ ca kauravo rājā kuntī-putro yudhiṣṭhiraḥ ||
Having arranged for the presence of all the royal officers and leading men in his own residence, he expressed his wish: before anything else, he wanted to summon the entire populace to his house and, for the otherworldly welfare of his deceased sons—those who had fallen through their addiction to gambling—make gifts of wealth in charity. Thus speaking, he then sent word to Dharmarāja, the Kaurava king, Kuntī’s son Yudhiṣṭhira.
वैशम्पायन उवाच