Shloka 23
युधिष्ठिरकृष्णसंवादः — Yudhiṣṭhira’s Appeal and Kṛṣṇa’s Assurance
Droṇa-parva, Adhyāya 59
वने वनितया सार्धमवसल्लक्ष्मणाग्रज: । वे अत्यन्त तेजस्वी थे और उनमें असंख्य गुण विद्यमान थे। अपनी मर्यादासे कभी च्युत न होनेवाले लक्ष्मणके बड़े भाई श्रीरामने पिताकी आज्ञासे चौदह वर्षोतक अपनी पत्नी सीता (और भाई लक्ष्मण) के साथ वनमें निवास किया था,आजानुबाहु: सुभुज: सिंहस्कन्धो महाबल: । दशवर्षसहस्राणि दशवर्षशतानि च चतुर्विधा: प्रजा राम: स्वर्ग नीत्वा दिवं गत:
nārada uvāca |
vane vanitayā sārdham avasallakṣmaṇāgrajaḥ |
ājānubāhuḥ subhujaḥ siṁhaskandho mahābalaḥ |
daśavarṣasahasrāṇi daśavarṣaśatāni ca |
caturvidhāḥ prajā rāmaḥ svargaṁ nītvā divaṁ gataḥ |
Nārada said: Lakṣmaṇa’s elder brother, Rāma, lived in the forest together with his wife. Long-armed, strong-armed, lion-shouldered, and mighty, he upheld the fourfold order of his subjects for ten thousand years and ten hundreds more; having led them to heaven, Rāma himself departed to the celestial realm. The passage evokes Rāma as the exemplar of steadfast dharma—accepting hardship without deviating from propriety and ruling in a way that elevates his people ethically and spiritually.
नारद उवाच