Shloka 7
Śānti-parva Adhyāya 44 — Post-War Reassignment of Residences and Restorative Consolation (शान्तिपर्व अध्याय ४४)
धृतराष्ट्राभ्यनुज्ञातं भ्रात्रा दत्तं वृकोदर: । प्रतिपेदे महाबाहुर्मन्दिरं मघवानिव
dhṛtarāṣṭrābhyanujñātaṃ bhrātrā dattaṃ vṛkodaraḥ | pratipede mahābāhur mandiraṃ maghavān iva ||
ヴァイシャンパーヤナは言った。持国王（ドゥリタラーシュトラ）の許しを得、兄より与えられて、剛腕のビーマ（ヴリコーダラ）はその宮殿を受け取り、摩伽梵（インドラ）が自らの天宮に入るがごとく、そこへ踏み入った。この挿話は、敵対のさなかにあっても正当な権威と同意が守られること、そして王の贈与は正規の裁可を経てこそ倫理的な重みを帯びることを示している。
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights dharmic procedure in governance: possession and enjoyment of royal property should follow legitimate authorization (Dhṛtarāṣṭra’s consent) and proper bestowal (the brother’s grant). Power is framed as ethically bounded by rightful sanction, not mere force.
Vaiśampāyana narrates that Bhīma (Vṛkodara), having received permission from Dhṛtarāṣṭra and the palace as a grant from his brother (contextually Yudhiṣṭhira), takes possession of the residence and enters it with splendor, compared to Indra entering his own palace.