Shloka 9
Babhruvāhana’s Lament and Appeal for Expiation (प्रायश्चित्त-याचना)
उत्तिष्ठ कुरुमुख्यस्य प्रियमुख्य मम प्रिय । अयमश्वो महाबाहो मया ते परिमोक्षित:,“कुरुराजके प्रियतम और मेरे प्राणाधार! उठो। महाबाहो! मैंने तुम्हारा यह घोड़ा छुड़वा दिया है
uttistha kurumukhyasya priyamukhya mama priya | ayam aśvo mahābāho mayā te parimokṣitaḥ ||
എഴുന്നേൽക്കുക, കുരുശ്രേഷ്ഠന്റെ പ്രിയതമാ—എന്റെ പ്രാണപ്രിയനേ! മഹാബാഹോ, നിന്റെ ഈ അശ്വത്തെ ഞാൻ മോചിപ്പിച്ചിരിക്കുന്നു.
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse emphasizes steadfastness and the restoration of rightful duty: when a key symbol of royal dharma (the Aśvamedha horse) is recovered, one should rise from grief or defeat and resume one’s responsibilities with renewed honor.
A narrator reports a consoling address to a Kuru hero: he is urged to get up, and is told that the sacrificial/royal horse—central to the Aśvamedha rite—has been successfully freed and returned to his control.