Shloka 25
कुन्ती–व्याससंवादः
Kuntī–Vyāsa Dialogue on Durvāsā’s Boon and Karṇa’s Birth
राजन! तदनन्तर देवर्षि नारदजी धर्मात्मा राजा युधिष्ठिरको आश्वासन देकर अभीष्ट स्थानको चले गये ।।
vaiśampāyana uvāca |
rājan! tadanantaraṃ devarṣi-nāradaḥ dharmātmā rājā yudhiṣṭhiram āśvāsya abhīṣṭa-sthānaṃ jagāma ||
evaṃ varṣāṇy atītāni dhṛtarāṣṭrasya dhīmataḥ |
vanavāse tathā trīṇi nagare daśa pañca ca ||
वैशम्पायन उवाच—राजन्! तदनन्तरं धर्मात्मा देवर्षिर्नारदः राजा युधिष्ठिरं सान्त्वयित्वा स्वाभीष्टं स्थानं जगाम। एवं धृतराष्ट्रस्य धीमतः कालो व्यतीयाय—वनवासे त्रीणि वर्षाणि, नगरे पञ्चदश वर्षाणि। संग्रामे हतपुत्रः सन् स जातिभ्रातृ-सम्बन्धि-मित्र-बन्धु-स्वजनानां निमित्तं नित्यं दानानि ददौ, शोकं धर्मेण दानेन च प्रतिकर्तुमिच्छन्।
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse frames post-war life as a moral response to loss: grief is met through dharma—consolation, disciplined passage of time, and sustained charity (dāna). It also highlights the transition from royal life to forest-retirement as a recognized ethical stage.
Nārada reassures Yudhiṣṭhira and then departs. The narration then summarizes Dhṛtarāṣṭra’s post-war years: fifteen years spent in the city and three years in forest-dwelling, during which he regularly gave gifts on behalf of his bereaved family and dependents.