Shloka 1
Adhyāya 125: Raṅga-pradarśana — Arjuna’s Entry and Astric Demonstration (रङ्गप्रदर्शनम्)
(दाक्षिणात्य अधिक पाठके २३ श्लोक मिलाकर कुल ५५ श्लोक हैं) है ० बक। ] अतिफऑशाड< चतुर्विशर्त्याधकशततमो< ध्याय: राजा पाण्डुकी मृत्यु और माद्रीका उनके साथ चितारोहण वैशम्पायन उवाच दर्शनीयांस्तत: पुत्रान् पाण्डु: पज्च महावने । तान् पश्यन् पर्वते रम्ये स्वबाहुबलमाश्रित:
vaiśampāyana uvāca | darśanīyāṁs tataḥ putrān pāṇḍuḥ pañca mahāvane | tān paśyan parvate ramye svabāhubalam āśritaḥ ||
ヴァイシャンパーヤナは語った。――そののち、あの大いなる森において、パーンドゥは姿麗しい五人の息子たちを見守った。美しい山の頂で彼らを眺めつつ、王は自らの腕力のみを頼みとして満ち足りて住まった――王権を離れてなお、自立によって威厳と責務を保つ流浪の王の姿である。
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
Even when deprived of royal comforts, a ruler’s steadiness is shown through self-control and self-reliance. Pāṇḍu’s contented dwelling in the forest, supported by his own strength, frames ethical kingship as grounded in personal discipline rather than external power.
Vaiśampāyana describes Pāṇḍu living in a great forest on a beautiful mountain, looking upon his five sons. The verse sets the scene of the family’s forest life shortly before the events that lead toward Pāṇḍu’s death and the ensuing turning point for the Pāṇḍavas.