Shloka 26
Adhyāya 33 — Yudhiṣṭhira’s Post-Conflict Remorse and Inquiry on Āśrama Discipline (शोक-विमर्शः, आश्रम-जिज्ञासा)
तेषामपि श्रीनिमित्तं महानासीत् समुच्छूय: । युद्ध वर्षमहस्राणि द्वात्रिंशभवत् किल
teṣām api śrī-nimittaṁ mahān āsīt samucchūyaḥ | yuddha-varṣa-sahasrāṇi dvātriṁśad abhavat kila ||
ヴィヤーサは言った。「彼らにおいてさえ、繁栄と幸運ゆえに、争いは大きく膨れ上がった。まことに、その戦は三万二千年にわたって続いたと伝えられる。」
व्यास उवाच
Educational Q&A
Prosperity (śrī) can become a cause of arrogance, rivalry, and escalation of violence; without restraint and dharma, even “good fortune” may culminate in prolonged, destructive conflict.
Vyāsa describes how, among those being discussed, a major upheaval arose due to the lure of prosperity, and tradition reports that the resulting warfare endured for an extraordinarily long span—thirty-two thousand years.