Shloka 17
अनुजानीहि पितरं समयो<5स्य तपोविधौ । न मन्युर्विद्यते चास्य सुसूक्ष्मोडपि युधिष्ठिर,“अतः तुम अपने पिताको वनमें जानेकी अनुमति दे दो; क्योंकि अब इनके तप करनेका समय आया है। युधिष्ठिर! इनके मनमें तुम्हारे ऊपर अणुमात्र भी रोष नही है!
anujānīhi pitaraṃ samayo 'sya tapovidhau | na manyur vidyate cāsya susūkṣmo 'pi yudhiṣṭhira ||
ଏହେତୁ ପିତାଙ୍କୁ ବନକୁ ଯିବା ପାଇଁ ଅନୁମତି ଦିଅ; କାରଣ ଏବେ ତାଙ୍କର ତପୋବିଧିର ସମୟ ଆସିଛି। ହେ ଯୁଧିଷ୍ଠିର! ତାଙ୍କ ହୃଦୟରେ ତୁମ ପ୍ରତି ଅଣୁମାତ୍ର ମଧ୍ୟ ରୋଷ ନାହିଁ।
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
A ruler should honor the dharmic transition of elders into vānaprastha/ascetic discipline when the time is ripe, and should not act from suspicion; the verse emphasizes reconciliation and the ethical power of letting go of resentment.
Vaiśampāyana urges Yudhiṣṭhira to allow his father (implicitly Dhṛtarāṣṭra) to go to the forest for tapas, assuring him that the elder bears no anger toward Yudhiṣṭhira even in the slightest degree.