Shloka 6
धनेन मत्ता ये ते सम धार्तराष्ट्रान् प्रहासिषु: । ते निर्जिता हृतधना वनमेष्यन्ति पाण्डवा,“कुन्तीके पुत्र दीर्घकालतकके लिये अनन्त दुःखरूप नरकमें गिरा दिये गये। ये सदाके लिये सुखसे वंचित तथा राज्यसे हीन हो गये हैं। जो लोग पहले अपने धनसे उन्मत्त हो धृतराष्ट्रपुत्रोंकी हँसी उड़ाया करते थे, वे ही पाण्डव आज पराजित हो अपने धन-वैभवसे हाथ धोकर वनमें जा रहे हैं
dhanena mattā ye te samā dhārtarāṣṭrān prahāsiṣuḥ | te nirjitā hṛtadhanā vanam eṣyanti pāṇḍavāḥ ||
Vaiśampāyana said: “Those who, intoxicated by their wealth, used to mock the sons of Dhṛtarāṣṭra—those very Pāṇḍavas, now defeated and stripped of their riches, are going to the forest.”
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
Wealth can breed arrogance and cruelty (mockery), but worldly prosperity is unstable; ethical lapses committed in pride are exposed when fortune turns, reminding one to practice humility and restraint.
In the aftermath of the Sabhā events, the Pāṇḍavas are portrayed as defeated and dispossessed, compelled to depart for forest exile—an inversion of their earlier status and a moment of public humiliation.