Shloka 39
Dvaipāyana-hrade Duryodhanasya Māyā — Yudhiṣṭhirasya Dharmoktiḥ (Śalya-parva, Adhyāya 30)
अथ स्थितानां पाण्डूनां दीनानां भरतर्षभ | तस्माद् देशादपक्रम्य त्वरिता लुब्धका विभो
atha sthitānāṃ pāṇḍūnāṃ dīnānāṃ bharatarṣabha | tasmād deśād apakramya tvaritā lubdhakā vibho ||
Sañjaya berkata: “Wahai banteng di antara kaum Bharata! Melihat para Pāṇḍava berdiri di sana dalam kesedihan, para pemburu—didorong oleh ketamakan—segera berundur dari tempat itu, wahai yang perkasa.”
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights how greed and opportunism (implied by lubdhakāḥ) collapse in the face of visible suffering and danger; it implicitly contrasts noble endurance in adversity with self-interested flight.
Sañjaya reports that the Pāṇḍavas are standing in a dejected state, and the hunters present there hastily leave that location, withdrawing from the scene.