Shloka 39
अध्याय १: महाप्रस्थानारम्भः
The Commencement of the Great Departure
अयं व: फाल्गुनो भ्राता गाण्डीवं परमायुधम् । परित्यज्य वने यातु नानेनार्थोडस्ति कश्नन,“तुम्हारे भाई अर्जुनको चाहिये कि ये इस उत्तम आयुध गाण्डीव धनुषको त्यागकर वनमें जायँ। अब इन्हें इसकी कोई आवश्यकता नहीं है
ayaṃ vaḥ phālguno bhrātā gāṇḍīvaṃ paramāyudham | parityajya vane yātu nānenārtho 'sti kaścana ||
Vaiśampāyana disse: “Este vosso irmão, Phālguna (Arjuna), deve abandonar a arma suprema, o arco Gāṇḍīva, e partir para a floresta. Pois agora ele já não tem qualquer propósito com ele.”
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
The core teaching is the disciplined relinquishment of instruments of power once their dharmic role is finished: a warrior’s famed weapon has no place in the ethic of withdrawal and detachment that marks the final journey.
As the Pāṇḍavas proceed toward their final departure, the instruction is given that Arjuna (Phālguna) should leave behind the Gāṇḍīva and go to the forest, signaling the end of his identity as a battlefield hero and the beginning of renunciant travel.