Shloka 1
धृतराष्ट्रस्य पाण्डवेषु प्रीति-वृत्तान्तः | Dhṛtarāṣṭra’s Affectionate Disposition toward the Pāṇḍavas
/ अपर बक। ] अति्शा:< तृतीयो<थध्याय: 04% 3 तराष्ट्रका गान्धारीके साथ वनमें जानेके लिये उद्योग एवं अनुमति देनेके लिये अनुरोध तथा युधिष्छिर और कुन्ती आदिका दु:खी होना वैशम्पायन उवाच युधिष्ठिरस्य नृपतेर्दुर्योधनपितुस्तदा । नान्तरं ददृशू राज्ये पुरुषा: प्रणयं प्रति
vaiśampāyana uvāca | yudhiṣṭhirasya nṛpater duryodhana-pitus tadā | nāntaraṃ dadṛśuḥ rājye puruṣāḥ praṇayaṃ prati ||
Sinabi ni Vaiśampāyana: “O Janamejaya, noong panahong iyon ay wala ni katiting na pagkakaiba ang nakita ng mga tao sa kaharian sa pag-ibig na nagbabalikan sa pagitan ni Haring Yudhiṣṭhira at ni Dhṛtarāṣṭra, ama ni Duryodhana.”
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
Even after catastrophic conflict, dharmic governance is marked by restraint and the capacity to maintain respectful, affectionate relations—so that society does not witness factional hostility in the ruler’s conduct toward elders and former adversaries.
At the opening of this chapter in the Āśramavāsika Parva, the narrator notes that the kingdom’s people observed no diminution in the cordial relationship between King Yudhiṣṭhira and Dhṛtarāṣṭra, setting the ethical tone for the events leading to Dhṛtarāṣṭra and Gāndhārī’s move toward forest life.