Shloka 8

Devanagari script

विसृज्य धृतराष्ट्राय राज्यं सविदुराय च । चचार पृथिवीं पाण्डु: सर्वा परपुरञज्जय:,“इस प्रकार शत्रुओंकी राजधानीपर विजय पाने-वाले पाण्डु विदुरसहित धृतराष्ट्रको अपना राज्य सौंपकर सारी पृथ्वीपर विचरने लगे

Transliteration

visṛjya dhṛtarāṣṭrāya rājyaṃ sa-vidurāya ca | cacāra pṛthivīṃ pāṇḍuḥ sarvāṃ para-purañjayaḥ ||

Translation

Having entrusted the kingdom to Dhṛtarāṣṭra—together with Vidura—Pāṇḍu, famed as a conqueror of enemy strongholds, set aside royal life and wandered over the whole earth. The verse highlights a deliberate act of responsible renunciation: power is not clung to, but handed over in an orderly way, after which the king turns to a wider, disciplined course of life.

Word by Word

विसृज्यhaving handed over / having entrusted

धृतराष्ट्रायto Dhṛtarāṣṭra

राज्यम्the kingdom

सविदुरायtogether with Vidura / along with Vidura

चand

चचारwandered / roamed

पृथिवीम्the earth

पाण्डुःPāṇḍu

सर्वाम्entire / whole

परपुरञ्जयःconqueror of enemies’ cities

Speaker

वायुदेव उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vāyudeva

Pāṇḍu

Dhṛtarāṣṭra

Vidura

rājya (the kingdom)

pṛthivī (the earth)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Cross References

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Authority should be exercised without attachment: when a ruler steps away, he should transfer power responsibly and in an orderly manner, then pursue a disciplined life beyond personal ambition.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vāyudeva narrates that Pāṇḍu hands over the kingdom to Dhṛtarāṣṭra (with Vidura) and then roams across the earth, characterized as a victor over enemy strongholds.