Shloka 1
Bhīṣma’s Admonition; Duryodhana’s Rājasūya Aspiration and the Proposal of a Vaiṣṇava-satra
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Vaiśampāyana uvāca: atha duryodhano rājā tatra tatra vane vasan jagāma ghoṣān abhitatas tatra cakre niveśanam.
ヴァイシャンパーヤナは語った。ついでドゥリヨーダナ王は、森に陣を敷きつつ所々を移り、牧人たちの集落（放牧の駐地）へと至った。到着すると、彼はそこで自軍の陣営を定めた。この場面は道徳的緊張を孕む遭遇の序章である。「牛を守る」と掲げられた王の遠征は、驕りと挑発と争いの器となり、やがて辛辣な応酬と暴力が克己とダルマを試すことを予兆する。
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights how intentions and conduct matter in dharma: even a seemingly legitimate royal activity (visiting/protecting cattle-stations) can become ethically compromised when driven by arrogance or the desire to provoke, setting conditions for avoidable conflict.
Vaiśampāyana narrates to Janamejaya that Duryodhana, traveling through the forest with his party, reaches the cowherd settlements (ghoṣas) and establishes a camp there, initiating the sequence that will lead to tense exchanges and confrontation.