Shloka 173

धृतराष्ट्रस्य वनप्रस्थानानुज्ञा | Permission for Dhṛtarāṣṭra’s Forest-Retirement

Devanagari script

व्यासस्यानुमते राज्ञस्तथा कुन्तीसुतस्य मे | “मैंने गान्धारीके साथ वनमें जानेका निश्चय किया है; इसके लिये मुझे महर्षि व्यास तथा कुन्तीनन्दन राजा युधिष्ठिरकी भी अनुमति मिल गयी है

Transliteration

vyāsasyānumate rājñas tathā kuntīsutasya me |

Translation

Vaiśampāyana said: “With the permission of the sage Vyāsa, and likewise with the consent of the king—Kuntī’s son (Yudhiṣṭhira)—I have resolved to go to the forest together with Gāndhārī.”

Word by Word

• व्यासस्य: of Vyasa
• व्यासस्य: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: व्यास
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• अनुमते: in/with the permission
• अनुमते: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: अनुमति
• Form: Feminine, Locative, Singular

• राज्ञः: of the king
• राज्ञः: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजन्
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• तथा: and also/likewise
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा

• कुन्ती-सुतस्य: of Kunti's son
• कुन्ती-सुतस्य: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: कुन्तीसुत
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• मे: of me/my
• मे: Sampradana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: —, Genitive, Singular

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Vyāsa
• Gāndhārī
• Yudhiṣṭhira (Kuntī’s son)
• forest (vana)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Even renunciation should be undertaken in a dharmic manner—seeking the guidance of realized sages and obtaining rightful consent—so that personal withdrawal becomes ethically ordered rather than impulsive.

What is happening in the narrative?

The speaker reports a firm decision to depart for forest-life together with Gāndhārī, noting that this decision has been sanctioned by Vyāsa and approved by King Yudhiṣṭhira, thereby legitimizing the transition from royal life to ascetic retirement.