Shloka 34
अध्याय २९ — वासुदेव–संजय संवादः
Karma, Varṇa-Dharma, and the Ethics of Governance
या नो भार्या: संजय वेत्थ तत्र तासां सर्वासां कुशल तात पृच्छे: । सुसंगुप्ता: सुरभयो5नवद्या: कच्चिद् गृहानावसथाप्रमत्ता:
yā no bhāryāḥ sañjaya vettha tatra tāsāṁ sarvāsāṁ kuśala tāta pṛcchaḥ | susaṁguptāḥ surabhayo 'navadyāḥ kaccid gṛhān āvasathāpramattāḥ ||
याः नो भार्याः संजय वेत्थ तत्र तासां सर्वासां कुशलं तात पृच्छेः । सुसंगुप्ताः सुरभयोऽनवद्याः कच्चिद् गृहानावसथाप्रमत्ताः ॥
युधिछिर उवाच
Educational Q&A
Even amid political crisis, dharma includes attentive care for dependents: ensuring women’s safety, dignity, material needs, and a blameless, vigilant household life. Welfare (kuśala) is not only physical security but also ethical and social well-being.
Yudhiṣṭhira addresses Sañjaya, who has come from Hastināpura, and asks him to convey inquiries about the well-being of the Pāṇḍavas’ womenfolk there—whether they are protected, provided for, and living carefully and without reproach.