Shloka 1
वसिष्ठ–विश्वामित्रवैरकारणम्
Vasiṣṭha–Viśvāmitra: Origin of Hostility and Nandinī Episode
ऑपन- मा बछ। अि<--छऋा (चैत्ररथपर्व) चतुःषष्ट्यधिकशततमो< ध्याय: पाण्डवोंका एक ब्राह्मणसे विचित्र कथाएँ सुनना जनमेजय उवाच ते तथा पुरुषव्याप्रा निहत्य बकराक्षसम् | अत ऊर्ध्व॑ ततो ब्रह्मन् किमकुर्वत पाण्डवा:,जनमेजयने पूछा--ब्रह्मन्! पुरुषसिंह पाण्डवोंने उस प्रकार बकासुरका वध करनेके पश्चात् कौन-सा कार्य किया?
Janamejaya uvāca | te tathā puruṣavyāprā nihaty bakarākṣasam | ata ūrdhvaṃ tato brahman kim akurvata pāṇḍavāḥ ||
ชนเมชัยตรัสว่า “ข้าแต่พราหมณ์ ครั้นเหล่าปาณฑพผู้ดุจราชสีห์ในหมู่มนุษย์ ได้สังหารยักษ์บกะดังนั้นแล้ว ต่อจากนั้นพวกเขากระทำสิ่งใด?”
जनमेजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse frames righteous action as protective strength: after removing a violent threat (Baka), the ethical question becomes what responsible course the heroes take next—highlighting accountability and dharmic continuity rather than mere victory.
King Janamejaya asks the narrator (addressed as ‘Brahmin’) to continue the story: having heard that the Pāṇḍavas killed the rākṣasa Baka, he now asks what they did afterward.