Shloka 127
Duḥṣantasya Vana-praveśaḥ
King Duḥṣanta’s Entry into the Forest Hunt
तेषामपरिमेयानां नामथेयानि सर्वश: । न शकक््यानि समाख्यातुं वर्षाणामयुतैरपि । एते तु कीर्तिता मुख्या यैराख्यानमिदं ततम्
teṣām aparimeyāṇāṃ nāmatheyāni sarvaśaḥ | na śakyāni samākhyātuṃ varṣāṇām ayutair api | ete tu kīrtitā mukhyā yair ākhyānam idaṃ tatam ||
“ນາມແລະກິດການຂອງຜູ້ທີ່ຫາຂອບເຂດບໍ່ໄດ້ເຫຼົ່ານັ້ນ ບໍ່ອາດຈະເລົ່າໃຫ້ຄົບຖ້ວນໄດ້ທຸກຢ່າງ—ແມ່ນແຕ່ຈະໃຊ້ເວລາຫຼາຍຫຼາຍຫມື່ນປີກໍຕາມ. ດັ່ງນັ້ນ ທີ່ນີ້ຈຶ່ງກ່າວເຖິງແຕ່ຜູ້ສຳຄັນເທົ່ານັ້ນ ເພາະດ້ວຍກຳກັບແລະເລື່ອງລາວຂອງພວກເຂົາ ມະຫາກາບນີ້ຈຶ່ງແຜ່ຂະຫຍາຍ ແລະ ສົມບູນ”។
दाश उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights the limits of exhaustive enumeration and the necessity of narrative selection: history becomes intelligible by focusing on key figures whose actions shape the larger ethical and social consequences.
The speaker explains that the assembled kings and warriors are too many to list completely, even over vast time; therefore only the foremost are named, since their stories provide the main threads by which the Mahābhārata’s account is unfolded.