Shloka 146
धृतराष्ट्रस्य वनप्रस्थानानुज्ञा | Permission for Dhṛtarāṣṭra’s Forest-Retirement
भवन्तो5स्य च वीरस्य न्यासभूता: कृता मया । मुझे ये बातें अवश्य कहनी चाहिये
vaiśampāyana uvāca | bhavanto 'sya ca vīrasya nyāsabhūtāḥ kṛtā mayā |
Vaiśampāyana dit : «Je vous ai établis tous comme dépositaires de ce roi héroïque. Pensant : “Il faut que je dise ces choses”, je parle ainsi : je vous confie le roi Yudhiṣṭhira comme un dépôt sacré, et de même je vous remets entre les mains de ce vaillant souverain comme un dépôt, afin que soient maintenues la responsabilité réciproque, la protection et le conseil selon le dharma.»
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
Righteous governance depends on mutual trusteeship: elders/counselors must safeguard and guide the king, and the king must protect and honor them—treating each other as a sacred trust (nyāsa) under dharma.
The speaker formally designates a group of respected persons as guardians/trustees for the heroic king (identified in the accompanying context as Yudhiṣṭhira), emphasizing that this entrustment is a deliberate ethical charge, not merely a political arrangement.