Shloka 9
अस्मिन् राजकुले जातो जित्वा कृत्स्नां वसुंधराम् । धर्मार्थावखिलौ हित्वा वनं मौढ्यात् प्रतिष्ठसे,इस राजकुलमें जन्म लेकर सारे भूमण्डलपर विजय प्राप्त करके अब सम्पूर्ण धर्म और अर्थ दोनोंको छोड़कर आप मोहके कारण ही वनमें जानेको उद्यत हुए हैं
asmin rājakuḷe jāto jitvā kṛtsnāṃ vasuṃdharām | dharmārthāv akhilau hitvā vanaṃ mauḍhyāt pratiṣṭhase ||
अस्मिन् राजकुले जातो जित्वा कृत्स्नां वसुंधराम्। धर्मार्थावखिलौ हित्वा वनं मौढ्यात् प्रतिष्ठसे॥
अर्जुन उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights the tension between renunciation and obligation: for a ruler who has attained sovereignty, abandoning both dharma (right order and duty) and artha (public welfare and governance) is portrayed as misguided. Ethical withdrawal is not praised when it becomes an escape from rightful responsibility.
Arjuna addresses a royal figure who, despite being born in a noble line and having conquered the earth, intends to go to the forest. Arjuna criticizes this decision as arising from delusion, arguing that it amounts to forsaking both moral duty and the practical responsibilities of rule.