राजोवाच । संन्यस्तोऽहं द्विजश्रेष्ठा न राज्यं कर्तुमुत्सहे । न सुतानां न दाराणां संग्रहं च कथंचन
rājovāca | saṃnyasto'haṃ dvijaśreṣṭhā na rājyaṃ kartumutsahe | na sutānāṃ na dārāṇāṃ saṃgrahaṃ ca kathaṃcana
Царь сказал: «О лучший из брахманов, я отрёкся от мира; не дерзаю править царством. И ни сыновей, ни супруги — никаких уз и обязанностей — я не желаю принимать».
King (Rājā)
Scene: A weary king, ornaments set aside, speaks to an assembled circle of venerable brāhmaṇas; the court atmosphere is subdued, signaling renunciation and moral conflict.
Dharma can appear as competing obligations; the verse voices the renunciant ideal even within a political crisis.
No tīrtha is named in this verse; it is part of the narrative context that frames the chapter’s tīrtha-māhātmya.
None; the verse asserts a saṃnyāsa stance—refusal of kingship and household responsibilities.
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