Shloka 14
अध्याय १: महाप्रस्थानारम्भः
The Commencement of the Great Departure
स्त्रियश्व द्विजमुख्येभ्यस्तदा शतसहस्रशः । प्रयत्नशील युधिष्ठिरने भगवान् श्रीकृष्णके उद्देश्यसे द्वैपायन व्यास
vaiśampāyana uvāca | striyaś ca dvijamukhyebhyas tadā śatasahasraśaḥ | prayatnaśīlo yudhiṣṭhireṇa bhagavān śrīkṛṣṇaṃ uddiśya dvāpāyana-vyāsaṃ devarṣi-nāradaṃ tapodhana-mārkaṇḍeyaṃ bhāradvājaṃ yājñavalkyaṃ ca munīn susvādu-bhojanaiḥ bhojitāḥ | bhagavannāma-kīrtanaṃ kṛtvā sa uttamabrāhmaṇebhyo nānāvidhāni ratnāni vastrāṇi grāmān aśvān rathāṃś ca dadau | bahūn brāhmaṇa-śiromaṇīn lakṣaśaḥ kumārī-kanyāś ca adāt || kṛpam abhyarcya ca gurum atha paurapuraskṛtam ||
ヴァイシャンパーヤナは語った。かくしてその時、数えきれぬ幾十万という数において、女たちと、二度生まれし者（ドヴィジャ）のうち最上の者たちが敬われた。ユディシュティラは周到に心を尽くし、世尊シュリー・クリシュナにその功徳を捧げつつ、ドヴァイパーヤナ・ヴィヤーサ、天仙ナルダ、苦行の聖者マーラカンデーヤ、そして賢者バーラドヴァージャとヤージュニャヴァルキヤに、滋味豊かな食を供した。主の御名を讃えて唱え終えると、彼は優れたブラーフマナたちに、さまざまな宝玉、衣、村邑、馬、戦車を施し、さらに夥しい数の処女の娘たちを、名高きブラーフマナたちに婚姻として与えた。ついで彼は、都人と民衆に尊ばれる師、クリパを、しかるべく礼拝し奉った。
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse foregrounds dharma expressed as generous giving, reverence to sages and teachers, and devotional orientation (dedicating acts to Kṛṣṇa and chanting His name). Ethical kingship is shown not merely as power but as responsibility: honoring the learned, supporting social institutions, and performing charity with care and sacred intent.
As the Mahāprasthāna (great departure) approaches, Yudhiṣṭhira arranges large-scale hospitality and gifts. He feeds eminent sages, distributes wealth and royal resources to brāhmaṇas, arranges marriages for many maidens, and then honors Kṛpa, the respected preceptor acclaimed by the populace—signaling a deliberate settling of worldly obligations before renunciation.