Shloka 21
धृतराष्ट्रस्य वनप्रस्थानानुज्ञा | Permission for Dhṛtarāṣṭra’s Forest-Retirement
“सज्जनो! युधिष्ठिरके राज्यमें मुझे बड़ा सुख मिला है। मैं समझता हूँ कि दुर्योधनके राज्यसे भी बढ़कर सुख मुझे प्राप्त हुआ है”
sajjanāḥ! yudhiṣṭhirasya rājye mama mahā-sukhaṃ labdham. manye duryodhanasya rājyaṃ api atikrāmya sukhaṃ mayā prāptam iti.
ໄວສັມປາຍະນະ ກ່າວວ່າ: «ໂອ ທ່ານຜູ້ມີຄຸນທຳ! ໃນລັດຖະບານຂອງ ຢຸທິສຖິຣະ ຂ້າພະເຈົ້າໄດ້ຮັບຄວາມສຸກອັນໃຫຍ່. ຂ້າພະເຈົ້າເຫັນວ່າ ຄວາມສຸກທີ່ໄດ້ຮັບນີ້ ຍິ່ງໃຫຍ່ກວ່າຄວາມສຸກທີ່ຈະໄດ້ພາຍໃຕ້ອຳນາດຂອງ ທຸຣະໂຢທະນະ»។
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
True happiness is linked to dharmic governance and the moral quality of a ruler’s reign; well-being under a righteous king is portrayed as superior to any prosperity imagined under an unrighteous rule.
The narrator Vaiśaṃpāyana addresses the audience and contrasts the experience of happiness under Yudhiṣṭhira’s reign with what might have been under Duryodhana, emphasizing the superior contentment found in Yudhiṣṭhira’s rule.