Shloka 46
अध्याय १: महाप्रस्थानारम्भः
The Commencement of the Great Departure
उदीची पुनरावृत्य ययुर्भरतसत्तमा: | प्रादक्षिण्यं चिकीर्षन्त: पृथिव्या योगधर्मिण:
udīcīṃ punarāvṛtya yayur bharatasattamāḥ | prādakṣiṇyaṃ cikīrṣantaḥ pṛthivyā yogadharmiṇaḥ ||
再び北へと向きを変え、バーラタ族の最勝者たちは進み続けた。ヨーガの規律に安住し、彼らは大地を吉祥なる右旋（プラダクシナー）によって周回し終えることを望んだ――それは敬虔と自制をもって臨む最後の旅の作法であった。
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights disciplined detachment: even at the end of life, the Pāṇḍavas act with reverence and restraint, framing their movement as prādakṣiṇā—an ethical, devotional orientation rather than worldly conquest.
On their great departure, the Pāṇḍavas turn again toward the north and continue traveling, intending to complete a clockwise circumambulation of the earth while remaining established in yogic discipline.