Shloka 1
रावणोत्पत्तिः—तपसा वरलाभश्च
Rāvaṇa’s Origins and the Acquisition of Boons
(दाक्षिणात्य अधिक पाठका ३ श्लोक मिलाकर कुल २८ ६ “लोक हैं) हि सो न हुक हि 7 (मृगस्वप्नोद्भवपर्व) अष्टपञ्चाशदधिकद्वधिशततमो< ध्याय: पाण्डवोंका काम्यकवनमें गमन जनमेजय उवाच दुर्योधन मोक्षयित्वा पाण्डुपुत्रा महाबला: । किमकार्षु्वने तस्मिंस्तन्ममाख्यातुमरहसि,जनमेजयने पूछा--दुर्योधनको गन्धर्वोके बन्धनसे छुड़ाकर महाबली पाण्डवोंने उस वनमें कौन-सा कार्य किया? यह मुझे बतानेकी कृपा करें
Janamejaya uvāca:
Duryodhanaṃ mokṣayitvā Pāṇḍuputrā mahābalāḥ |
Kim akāruḥ vane tasmin tan mamākhyātum arhasi ||
Janamejaya said: “After the mighty sons of Pāṇḍu had freed Duryodhana, what did they do in that forest? Please tell me.”
जनमेजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse foregrounds dharmic restraint: even after conflict, the Pāṇḍavas are portrayed as capable of freeing an adversary, and the listener is invited to examine what righteous action follows such a morally charged moment.
Janamejaya asks the narrator to continue the story: after the Pāṇḍavas freed Duryodhana in the forest, he wants to know what they did next—setting up the next sequence of events in the Vana Parva.