Mahabharata 1.70.2 — Adi Parva, Adhyaya 70, Shloka 2
वंशानुकीर्तनम् — Genealogical Recitation from Dakṣa to Yayāti and the Establishment of the Paurava Line
एक एवोत्तमबल: क्षुत्पिपासाश्रमान्वित: । स वनस्यान्तमासाद्य महच्छून्यं समासदत्
eka evottamabalaḥ kṣutpipāsāśramānvitaḥ | sa vanasyāntam āsādya mahacchūnyaṃ samāsadat ||
उत्तम बल से युक्त होकर भी भूख, प्यास और थकावट से पीड़ित राजा दुष्यन्त उस समय अकेले थे। वन के छोर पर पहुँचकर उन्होंने एक बहुत बड़ा सूना, ऊसर मैदान देखा, जहाँ वृक्ष आदि न थे।
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The verse highlights a ruler’s resilience: even one endowed with great strength must face hunger, thirst, and fatigue, and the ethical ideal is to remain steady and capable amid hardship rather than be ruled by bodily distress.
Duṣyanta, alone and worn by hunger, thirst, and fatigue, reaches the edge of a forest and comes upon a vast, desolate, treeless stretch of land, setting the scene for what follows in his journey.
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