Shloka 12
Saubha-nipātana: Kṛṣṇa’s Counter to Śālva’s Māyā
Book 3, Chapter 23
चकार यामप्रतिमां महात्मा सभां मयो देवसभाप्रकाशाम् | तां देवगुप्तामिव देवमायां हित्वा प्रयात: क्व नु धर्मराज:,“महामना मयदानवने देवताओंकी सभाके समान सुशोभित होनेवाली जिस अनुपम सभाका निर्माण किया था, देवताओंद्वारा रक्षित देवमायाके समान उस सभाका परित्याग करके धर्मराज युधिष्ठिर कहाँ चले जा रहे हैं?'
Vaiśampāyana uvāca |
Cakāra yāmapratimāṁ mahātmā sabhāṁ Mayo devasabhāprakāśām |
Tāṁ devaguptām iva devamāyāṁ hitvā prayātaḥ kva nu dharmarājaḥ ||
Vaiśampāyana said: The great-souled one (Maya) constructed a peerless assembly hall, radiant like the hall of the gods. Yet, abandoning that wondrous hall—guarded as though by the gods themselves, like a divine illusion—where indeed has Dharma-rāja Yudhiṣṭhira gone? The verse underscores the poignancy of renouncing splendor and security, hinting at the moral weight of exile and the testing of steadfastness in dharma.
वैशम्पायन उवाच