Shloka 9
Āraṇyaka-parva, Adhyāya 1 — The Pandavas’ Exit from Gajasāhvaya and the Citizens’ Lament (जनमेजयप्रश्नः; पाण्डवानां वनप्रस्थानम्)
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Vaiśampāyana uvāca—evaṁ dyūtajitāḥ pārthāḥ kopitāś ca durātmabhiḥ | dhārtarāṣṭraiḥ sahāmātyair niyayur gajasāhvayāt ||
ဝိုင်ရှမ္ပာယန က ပြောသည်—ဤသို့ပင် ပೃഥာ၏ သားများ (ပာဏ္ဍဝတို့) သည် ကစားပွဲအန်စာတုံးတွင် ရှုံးနိမ့်ကာ၊ မကောင်းသော ဓೃತရာෂ္ဍရ၏ သားများက မန္တ្រីတို့နှင့်အတူ စိတ်ဆိုးအောင် လှုံ့ဆော်သဖြင့်၊ ဂဇသာဟ္ဝယ (ဟஸ္တိနာပူရ) မှ ထုတ်ဆောင်ခံရလေသည်။
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights the ethical fallout of adharma in governance: when deceitful gambling and malicious counsel prevail, the righteous are wronged and driven into suffering, and anger and future violence are morally seeded.
After being defeated in the dice-game, the Pāṇḍavas—angered by the Kauravas’ wicked conduct and the role of their ministers—are made to leave/are led away from Hastināpura (Gajasāhvaya), marking the transition toward forest exile.