Shloka 10
धृतराष्ट्रस्य युधिष्ठिरं प्रति व्यवहार-रक्षा-नियमनोपदेशः | Dhṛtarāṣṭra’s Instruction on Administration, Punishment, and Daily Governance
इस प्रकार श्रीमह्याभारत आश्रमवासिकपवके अन्तर्गत आश्रमवासपर्वमें धृतराष््रको प्रजाद्वारा दी गयी सान्त्वनाविषयक दसवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ,भवता निर्जितं वित्तं दातुमिच्छति कौरव:
bhavata nirjitaṃ vittaṃ dātum icchati kauravaḥ |
वैशम्पायन उवाच—भवता निर्जितं वित्तं दातुमिच्छति कौरवः।
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights a dharmic pivot: wealth acquired through conquest or worldly striving should ultimately be subordinated to higher duty—consolation, generosity, and the renunciatory orientation appropriate to the later stage of life.
In Vaiśampāyana’s narration, a Kaurava is addressed and told that someone intends to give away the wealth that the addressee has won—signaling an act of donation/redistribution connected with consolation and the transition toward forest-dwelling values in the Āśramavāsika context.