Shloka 15
आपद्धर्मे कोशबलन्यायः | Treasury, Force, and Crisis-Ethics for the King
इह द्रक्ष्यामि त॑ पुत्र द्रक्ष्यामीहेति पार्थिव: । एवमाशाहतो राजा चरन् वनमिदं पुरा
iha drakṣyāmi taṁ putra drakṣyāmīheti pārthivaḥ | evam āśāhato rājā caran vanam idaṁ purā ||
“इथेच मी त्या पुत्राला पाहीन—इथेच तो नक्की दिसेल.” अशा आशेने बांधला गेलेला पृथ्वीपति राजा, हरवलेले परत मिळविण्याच्या तळमळीने, त्या काळी या वनात भटकत होता.
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
Hope can be a sustaining force that drives one to continue difficult effort, but it can also bind the mind to expectation; the ethical lesson is to act with perseverance while seeking clarity rather than being consumed by mere anticipation.
A king, yearning to see his son again, repeatedly tells himself that he will surely find him ‘here’ and, propelled by that hope, roams through the forest searching.