Shloka 7
Śānti-parva Adhyāya 44 — Post-War Reassignment of Residences and Restorative Consolation (शान्तिपर्व अध्याय ४४)
धृतराष्ट्राभ्यनुज्ञातं भ्रात्रा दत्तं वृकोदर: । प्रतिपेदे महाबाहुर्मन्दिरं मघवानिव
dhṛtarāṣṭrābhyanujñātaṃ bhrātrā dattaṃ vṛkodaraḥ | pratipede mahābāhur mandiraṃ maghavān iva ||
Vaiśampāyana disse: Com a permissão de Dhṛtarāṣṭra, e concedido por seu irmão, o poderoso Bhīma (Vṛkodara), de braços formidáveis, tomou posse do palácio, entrando nele como Maghavān (Indra) entra na sua própria morada celeste. O episódio sublinha que, mesmo em meio à rivalidade, se observam a autoridade legítima e o consentimento, e que as dádivas reais carregam peso ético quando conferidas com sanção devida.
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights dharmic procedure in governance: possession and enjoyment of royal property should follow legitimate authorization (Dhṛtarāṣṭra’s consent) and proper bestowal (the brother’s grant). Power is framed as ethically bounded by rightful sanction, not mere force.
Vaiśampāyana narrates that Bhīma (Vṛkodara), having received permission from Dhṛtarāṣṭra and the palace as a grant from his brother (contextually Yudhiṣṭhira), takes possession of the residence and enters it with splendor, compared to Indra entering his own palace.