Mahabharata 4.13.1 — Virata Parva, Adhyaya 13, Shloka 1
Virāṭa-parva Adhyāya 13 — Kīcaka’s Proposition and Draupadī’s Dharmic Refusal
(दाक्षिणात्य अधिक पाठके २ श्लोक मिलाकर कुल १५ श्लोक हैं।) हि >> आय ० (0) है 7 (समयपालनपर्व) त्रयोदशो 5 ध्याय: भीमसेनके द्वारा जीमूत नामक विश्वविख्यात मलल्लका वध जनमेजय उवाच एवं ते मत्स्यनगरे प्रच्छन्ना: कुरुनन्दना: । अत ऊर्ध्व॑ महावीर्या: किमकुर्वत वै द्विज
janamejaya uvāca | evaṁ te matsyanagare pracchannāḥ kurunandanāḥ | ata ūrdhvaṁ mahāvīryāḥ kim akurvata vai dvija ||
ชนเมชัยตรัสถามว่า “ข้าแต่พราหมณ์ เมื่อบุตรแห่งปาณฑุ ผู้เป็นความชื่นใจแห่งวงศ์กุรุ ได้พำนักอย่างปกปิดในนครมัตสยะดังนี้แล้ว ต่อจากนั้นวีรบุรุษผู้ทรงเดชเหล่านั้นได้กระทำสิ่งใดเล่า?”
जनमेजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights disciplined concealment and prudent conduct during adversity: the heroes uphold their larger dharma by maintaining secrecy and asking what righteous, strategic steps follow once safety in disguise is secured.
Janamejaya asks the Brahmin narrator what the Pāṇḍavas did next after settling incognito in the Matsya capital, transitioning the story to the subsequent events of their hidden year in Virāṭa’s realm.
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