Shloka 233
युधिष्ठिरकृष्णसंवादः — Yudhiṣṭhira’s Appeal and Kṛṣṇa’s Assurance
Droṇa-parva, Adhyāya 59
आत्मानं सम्प्रतिष्ठाप्य राजवंशमिहाष्टधा । फिर समयानुसार अपने और भाइयोंके अंशभूत दो-दो पुत्रोंद्वारा आठ प्रकारके राजवंशकी स्थापना करके उन्होंने चारों वर्णोकी प्रजाको अपने धाममें भेजकर स्वयं भी सदेह परमधामको गमन किया
ātmānaṃ sampratiṣṭhāpya rājavaṃśam ihāṣṭadhā |
Nārada said: Having firmly established himself and having set up the royal line here in eightfold form—through two sons each, who were portions of himself and of his brothers—he sent the people of all four varṇas to his own abode, and then he too departed, in his very body, to the supreme realm. The passage underscores the ideal of a ruler who first secures orderly succession and social stability, then relinquishes power and attains the highest goal without clinging to worldly sovereignty.
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