Shloka 2
पाण्डव-वृष्णि-समागमः तथा अश्वमेध-अनुज्ञा | Reunion at the Kuru Court and Authorization of the Aśvamedha
ततो रक्षांसि सर्वाणि नेशुस्त्यक्त्वा गृहं तु तत् अन्तरिक्षे च वागासीत् साधु केशव साध्विति
tato rakṣāṃsi sarvāṇi neśus tyaktvā gṛhaṃ tu tat | antarīkṣe ca vāg āsīt—sādhu keśava sādhv iti ||
ਫਿਰ ਬੱਚਿਆਂ ਦਾ ਨਾਸ ਕਰਨ ਵਾਲੇ ਸਾਰੇ ਰਾਖਸ਼ ਉਸ ਘਰ ਨੂੰ ਛੱਡ ਕੇ ਭੱਜ ਗਏ। ਉਸੇ ਵੇਲੇ ਆਕਾਸ਼ਵਾਣੀ ਹੋਈ— “ਸਾਧੁ, ਕੇਸ਼ਵ! ਸਾਧੁ!”
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
Protecting the vulnerable and stopping cruelty is a dharmic act worthy of praise; the ‘sky-voice’ signifies moral (and divine) approval when harm-doers are driven away and innocence is safeguarded.
After Keśava’s intervention, the child-destroying rākṣasas abandon the house and flee; immediately an aerial proclamation—‘Well done, Keśava!’—publicly commends the deed.