Shloka 14
जयद्रथ-निग्रहः — Jayadratha Restrained, Shamed, and Released
आहर्तु कौरवश्रेष्ठ कुले तव नृपोत्तम । दीर्घायुर्जीवति च ते धृतराष्ट्र: पिता नृप
āhartum kauravaśreṣṭha kule tava nṛpottama | dīrghāyur jīvati ca te dhṛtarāṣṭraḥ pitā nṛpa ||
Vaiśampāyana said: “O best of the Kurus, O foremost of kings—go and bring him here, for in your lineage your father Dhṛtarāṣṭra, long-lived, still lives, O king.”
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse underscores the ethical weight of family and dynastic responsibility: a king is reminded of his living father and the obligations that arise from lineage, respect for elders, and rightful conduct within one’s house.
Vaiśampāyana addresses a Kuru king, instructing him to go and bring someone (contextually, a person to be fetched) and emphasizes that Dhṛtarāṣṭra—his father—still lives, framing the instruction within the authority and continuity of the Kuru family line.