Shloka 29
अक्षविजय-प्रसङ्गः
Escalation of Wagers and Shakuni’s Repeated Declarations of Victory
तत्पश्चात् पराक्रमी महाबाहु युधिष्ठिर सोमदत्तसे मिलकर दुर्योधन
tataḥ paścāt parākrāmī mahābāhur yudhiṣṭhiraḥ somadattasahitaṃ duryodhanaṃ śalyaṃ śakuniṃ tathā ye ca rājāno 'tra pūrvam āgatāḥ tān sarvān samāgacchat | tataḥ vīraṃ duḥśāsanaṃ tasya sarvān bhrātṝn rājānaṃ jayadrathaṃ ca samastaṃ kauravaṃ gaṇaṃ ca samāgamya bhrātṛbhiḥ saha mahābāhur yudhiṣṭhiraḥ prājñaṃ rājānaṃ dhṛtarāṣṭrasya bhavanaṃ praviśya tatra rohiṇīdevīm iva nityatārāgaṇaparivṛtāṃ snuṣābhiḥ saha niṣaṇṇāṃ pativratāṃ gāndhārīṃ dadarśa | yudhiṣṭhiraḥ gāndhārīṃ praṇanāma, sā ca tam āśīrbhiḥ prasādya prīṇayām āsa | dadarśa pitaram vṛddhaṃ prajñācakṣuṣam īśvaram dhṛtarāṣṭram |
ຕໍ່ຈາກນັ້ນ ຢຸທິສຖິຣະ ຜູ້ກ້າຫານ ແຂນໃຫຍ່ ໄດ້ໄປພົບໂສມະດັດ ແລະຍັງໄດ້ພົບດູຣໂຢທະນະ, ຊັລຍະ, ຊະກຸນິ ພ້ອມດ້ວຍບັນດາກະສັດອື່ນໆທີ່ມາຮອດກ່ອນແລ້ວ. ຕໍ່ມາ ຫຼັງຈາກທັກທາຍວີຣະບຸລຸດ ດຸຫະຊາສະນະ, ພີ່ນ້ອງທັງໝົດຂອງເຂົາ, ກະສັດ ໄຊຍະດຣະຖະ ແລະຫມູ່ຄອຣະວະທັງປວງ, ຢຸທິສຖິຣະ—ພ້ອມດ້ວຍພີ່ນ້ອງຂອງຕົນ—ໄດ້ເຂົ້າໄປໃນພະລາຊວັງຂອງກະສັດ ທຣິຕະຣາສະຕຣະ ຜູ້ມີປັນຍາ. ທີ່ນັ້ນ ເຂົາໄດ້ເຫັນນາງຄັນທາຣີ ຜູ້ສັດຊື່ຕໍ່ສາມີ ນັ່ງຢູ່ກັບລູກສະໄພທັງຫຼາຍ ສະຫວ່າງໄສດັ່ງນາງໂຣຫິນີທີ່ດາວລ້ອມຮອບ. ຢຸທິສຖິຣະ ໄດ້ກ້ອມກາບນາງຄັນທາຣີ ແລະນາງກໍພໍໃຈ ອວຍພອນໃຫ້ເຂົາ. ຕໍ່ຈາກນັ້ນ ເຂົາໄດ້ເຫັນອີກຄັ້ງ ລຸງຊະລາ ທຣິຕະຣາສະຕຣະ—ຜູ້ຕາບອດແຕ່ມີສາຍຕາແຫ່ງປັນຍາ—ເປັນຜູ້ເຖົ້າຜູ້ເປັນເຈົ້າແຫ່ງວົງສາ.
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
Even amid political tension, dharma is upheld through proper conduct: greeting rivals and elders, entering the royal house with restraint, and honoring a virtuous elder like Gāndhārī. Blessings and respectful speech act as moral counterweights to the brewing hostility in the Kuru court.
Yudhiṣṭhira arrives and formally meets leading figures of the Kuru side—Duryodhana, Śalya, Śakuni, Duḥśāsana, Jayadratha, and others—then enters Dhṛtarāṣṭra’s palace. He sees Gāndhārī seated with her daughters-in-law, bows to her, receives her blessing, and then sees the aged, blind Dhṛtarāṣṭra.