Shloka 34
कुरुक्षेत्रे सेनानिवेशवृत्तान्तः — Dhṛtarāṣṭra Questions Saṃjaya on the Deployed Armies
तस्माद् यास्यामि तीर्थानि सरस्वत्या निषेवितुम् । न हि शक्ष्यामि कौरव्यान् नश्यमानानुपेक्षितुम्,“इसलिये मैं सरस्वती नदीके तटवर्ती तीर्थोका सेवन करनेके लिये जाऊँगा; क्योंकि मैं नष्ट होते हुए कुरुवंशियोंको उस अवस्थामें देखकर उनकी उपेक्षा नहीं कर सकूँगा?”
tasmād yāsyāmi tīrthāni sarasvatyā niṣevitum | na hi śakṣyāmi kauravyān naśyamānān upekṣitum ||
「ゆえに私はサラスヴァティー河畔のティールタ――聖なる渡し場――を巡礼するため旅立とう。クル族の末裔たるカウラヴァらが滅びへ向かうのを、冷然と見過ごすことは私にはできぬ。」
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
When one foresees adharma leading to collective ruin, mere passive witnessing becomes morally difficult; the verse frames pilgrimage to sacred places as a deliberate withdrawal from complicity and an ethical response to impending catastrophe.
The speaker declares an intention to go to the Sarasvatī’s tīrthas, explaining that he cannot remain present and indifferent while the Kauravas are moving toward destruction—signaling the gravity of the coming conflict.