Shloka 32
Svargārohaṇa-parva Adhyāya 2 — Yudhiṣṭhira’s Inquiry for His Kin and the Vision of a Punitive Realm
भो भो धर्मज राजर्षे पुण्याभिजन पाण्डव | अनुग्रहार्थमस्माकं तिष्ठ तावन्मुहूर्तकम्,हे धर्मनन्दन! हे राजर्षे! हे पवित्र कुलमें उत्पन्न पाण्डुपुत्र युधिष्ठिर| आप हमलोगोंपर कृपा करनेके लिये दो घड़ीतक यहीं ठहरिये
vaiśampāyana uvāca |
bho bho dharmaja rājarṣe puṇyābhijana pāṇḍava |
anugrahārtham asmākaṃ tiṣṭha tāvan muhūrtakam ||
Vaiśampāyana said: “O Dharmarāja, O royal sage, O Pāṇḍava of noble and meritorious lineage—out of compassion for us, remain here for just a short while.”
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
Even at the culmination of a life of duty, the truly righteous are urged to act with compassion and patience—pausing for others’ sake. The address “rājarṣi” frames ideal kingship as inseparable from restraint, humility, and concern for those who seek guidance.
The narrator Vaiśampāyana addresses Yudhiṣṭhira with honorific epithets and requests that he remain briefly. The moment functions as a pause in the closing movement of the epic, signaling that something important is to be conveyed before the action proceeds.