Shloka 5
Adhyāya 6: Kaṅka (Yudhiṣṭhira) Seeks Refuge in Virāṭa’s Assembly
इस प्रकार श्रीमह्या भारत विराटपर्वके अन्तर्गत पाण्डवप्रवेशपर्वमें नगरप्रवेशके लिये अस्त्रस्थापनविषयक पाँचवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ
bhārāvataraṇe puṇye ye smaranti sadāśivām | tān vai tārayase pāpāt paṅke gām iva durbalām ||
Vaiśampāyana said: “O holy Goddess who lightens the burden of the earth, ever auspicious and welfare-giving! Those who remember you are surely rescued by you from sin and from the suffering that follows it—just as a man lifts out a weak cow stuck fast in mud.”
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
Remembrance of the benevolent Goddess is presented as a saving act: sincere devotion draws divine grace that carries a person across sin and its painful consequences, depicted through the vivid ethical image of rescuing a helpless being from danger.
At the close of the section describing the Pāṇḍavas’ preparations for entering the city (including the placing aside of weapons), the narrator adds a devotional benediction praising the Goddess as the remover of the earth’s burden and as a rescuer of those who remember her.