Shloka 6
स बाध्यमान: सतत भ्रात्रा ज्येष्देन भारत । अर्थनुत्सृज्य दिग्वासा वनवासमरोचयत्,भारत! अपने बड़े भाईके द्वारा सदा सताये जानेपर संवर्त धन-दौलतका मोह छोड़ घरसे निकल गये और दिगम्बर होकर वनमें रहने लगे। घरकी अपेक्षा वनवासमें ही उन्होंने सुख माना
sa bādhyamānaḥ satataṁ bhrātrā jyeṣṭhena bhārata | arthan utsṛjya digvāsā vanavāsam arocayat ||
Vyāsa said: “Continually oppressed by his elder brother, O Bhārata, Saṁvarta cast aside attachment to wealth and possessions, left home, and—clad only in the directions—chose life in the forest. He regarded forest-dwelling as more conducive to peace than remaining in the household under harassment.”
व्यास उवाच
Educational Q&A
When worldly life becomes morally and psychologically corrosive—here through continual harassment—one may rightly abandon attachment to wealth and choose a disciplined, simpler mode of life. The verse highlights vairāgya (detachment) and the ethical priority of inner peace over material gain.
Vyāsa narrates that Saṁvarta, repeatedly troubled by his elder brother, gives up wealth-oriented life, leaves home, becomes digvāsā (naked/sky-clad), and adopts forest-dwelling, finding it preferable to remaining in the household.