Shloka 4

अध्याय १५ (Āśramavāsika-parva): धृतराष्ट्रस्य वनवासानुज्ञायाचनम् — Dhṛtarāṣṭra’s renewed plea for consent to forest-dwelling

Devanagari script

वन॑ गन्तुं च विदुरो राज्ञा सह कृतक्षण: । संजयश्न महामात्र: सूतो गावल्गणिस्तथा,विदुर और गवल्गणकुमार महामात्र सूत संजयने राजाके साथ ही वनमें जानेका निश्चय कर लिया था

Transliteration

vanaṃ gantuṃ ca viduro rājñā saha kṛtakṣaṇaḥ | sañjayaś ca mahāmātraḥ sūto gāvalgaṇis tathā ||

Translation

വിദുരൻ രാജാവിനോടൊപ്പം വനത്തിലേക്ക് പോകാൻ തീരുമാനിച്ചു. അതുപോലെ മഹാമാത്രനായ സഞ്ജയനും, ഗാവൽഗണിയുടെ പുത്രനായ സൂതനും രാജാവിനൊപ്പം വനഗമനം നിശ്ചയിച്ചു।

Word by Word

वनम्to the forest

गन्तुम्to go

चand

विदुरःVidura

राज्ञाwith the king

सहtogether with

कृतक्षणःhaving made the resolve / having decided

सञ्जयःSanjaya

चand

महामात्रःthe high officer

सूतःthe charioteer

गावल्गणिःGavalgaṇi

तथाlikewise / also

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

Vidura

the king (Dhṛtarāṣṭra)

Sañjaya

Gāvalgaṇa

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

True dharma is shown not only in counsel but in conduct: loyal attendants and wise elders accept hardship voluntarily, choosing solidarity and renunciation over comfort when the rightful course is withdrawal from worldly power.

What is happening in the narrative?

As Dhṛtarāṣṭra prepares to leave for the forest-life, Vidura decides to go with him; Sañjaya, described as a high minister and also as the son of Gāvalgaṇa, likewise resolves to accompany the king into exile and austerity.