Shloka 87
Sabhā Parva, Adhyāya 68 — Pāṇḍavānāṃ Vanavāsa-prasthānaḥ; Duḥśāsana-nindā; Pāṇḍava-pratijñāḥ
युधन्वोवाच पुत्रसस््नेहं परित्यज्य यस्त्वं धर्मे व्यवस्थित: । अनुजानामि ते पुत्र जीवत्वेष शतं समा:
Yudhanvovāca putrasnehaṃ parityajya yastvaṃ dharme vyavasthitaḥ | anujānāmi te putra jīvatveṣa śataṃ samāḥ ||
युधन्वोवाच—पुत्रस्नेहं परित्यज्य यस्त्वं धर्मे व्यवस्थितः। अनुजानामि ते पुत्रं जीवत्वेष शतं समाः॥
कश्यप उवाच
Educational Q&A
Steadfastness in dharma requires mastering personal attachment; when one renounces partiality born of familial affection and stands firm in righteousness, one becomes worthy of approval and blessing.
A speaker named Yudhanva addresses someone as “son,” praising him for abandoning son-centered attachment and remaining established in dharma, and then grants him permission/boon to live for a hundred years.