Shloka 44
यदि वो मत्प्रियं कार्यमेतच्छीघ्रं विधीयताम् । एवमुक्ता नरेन्द्रेण सचिवास्ते नराधिप,“यदि तुम्हें मेरा प्रिय कार्य करना है तो मेरी इस आज्ञाका शीघ्र पालन होना चाहिये।” राजन्! महाराज सगरके ऐसा कहनेपर मन्त्रियोंने शीघ्र वैसा ही किया, जैसा उनका आदेश था। युधिष्छिर! पुरवासियोंके हित चाहनेवाले महात्मा सगरने जिस प्रकार अपने पुत्रको निर्वासित किया था, वह सब प्रसंग मैंने तुमसे कह सुनाया। अब महाधनुर्धर अंशुमानसे राजा सगरने जो कुछ कहा, वह सब तुम्हें बता रहा हूँ, मेरे मुखसे सुनो
yadi vo matpriyaṃ kāryam etac chīghraṃ vidhīyatām | evam uktā narendreṇa sacivās te narādhipa ||
Lomāśa said: “If you wish to do what is dear to me, let this be carried out at once.” Thus addressed by the king, O lord of men, his ministers promptly executed exactly what he had commanded. In this way, O Yudhiṣṭhira, I have related to you the entire episode of how the great-souled King Sagara—intent on what he believed to be the welfare of his people—banished his own son. Now listen as I tell you what King Sagara said to the mighty bowman Aṃśumān.
लोगमश उवाच
Educational Q&A
The passage highlights the ethic of prompt execution of rightful royal commands and the tension in kingship where a ruler may take severe measures—such as banishing a son—believing it serves public welfare (praja-hita), raising questions about dharma in governance.
Lomāśa quotes a king’s urgent order and notes that the ministers immediately comply. He then tells Yudhiṣṭhira that he has finished recounting how Sagara exiled his son, and he transitions to the next part: what Sagara said to the archer Aṃśumān.