Shloka 231
धृतराष्ट्रस्य सत्कारः — Dhṛtarāṣṭra Honored in the Post-war Court
मैरेयकाणि मांसानि पानकानि लघूनि च । चित्रान् भक्ष्यविकारांश्व चक्रुस्तस्य यथा पुरा
maireyakāṇi māṁsāni pānakāni laghūni ca | citrān bhakṣyavikārāṁś ca cakrus tasya yathā purā ||
ໄວສຳປາຍະນະ ກ່າວວ່າ: ພວກເຂົາໄດ້ຈັດຕຽມໃຫ້ພຣະອົງ ເຊັ່ນດຽວກັບໃນອະດີດ—ເຫຼົ້າເມົາ (ເມເຣຍະກະ), ອາຫານເນື້ອ, ເຄື່ອງດື່ມເບົາໆ, ແລະຂອງກິນຫວານຄາວຫຼາກຫຼາຍ—ເຫມືອນຟື້ນຄືນລັກສະນະຄວາມສຸກແບບຮາຊະສຳນັກ ແມ່ນແຕ່ໃນສະຖານທີ່ອັນສົງບົບສົງບຽບນີ້.
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights the tension between past habits of royal indulgence and the later-life ideal of restraint; it implicitly raises an ethical question about whether one should recreate former pleasures when circumstances call for simplicity and detachment.
In the Ashramavāsika setting, attendants arrange food and drink for a central figure, preparing intoxicants, meat, and assorted delicacies in the same manner as earlier courtly life, suggesting a deliberate return to former modes of enjoyment.