ततः क्षयमनुप्राप्ते वंशे कुरुसमुद्भवे । विचित्रवीर्यमासाद्य पार्थिवं द्विजसत्तमाः
tataḥ kṣayamanuprāpte vaṃśe kurusamudbhave | vicitravīryamāsādya pārthivaṃ dvijasattamāḥ
បន្ទាប់មក ឱ ព្រះទ្វិជសត្តមៈ ពេលដែលវង្សកុលកើតពីកុរុ បានធ្លាក់ចុះទៅក្នុងភាពអស់សង្ឃឹម ព្រះវ្យាសៈ បានចូលទៅជួបព្រះមហាក្សត្រ វិចិត្រវីរ្យៈ។
Sūta (continuing narration)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Ṛṣayaḥ
Scene: A somber courtly scene: the Kuru line in decline; Vyāsa approaches King Vicitravīrya—contrast between ascetic sage and royal setting, signaling dharma’s intervention in polity.
Dharma includes safeguarding continuity—when a righteous lineage wanes, sages may intervene for the world’s welfare.
No tīrtha is specified in this verse; the chapter’s larger frame is tīrtha-mahātmya.
None; the focus is historical-dhārmic context.
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