Shloka 36
Vyāsa’s Inquiry into Dhṛtarāṣṭra’s Tapas and the Identification of Vidura with Dharma
एतच्छुत्वा महाबाहुः सहदेवो युधां पति:,इति श्रीमहाभारते आश्रमवासिके पर्वणि पुत्रदर्शनपर्वणि युधिष्ठिरप्रत्यागमे षट्त्रिंशो5ध्याय:
etac chrutvā mahābāhuḥ sahadevo yudhāṁ patiḥ | iti śrīmahābhārate āśramavāsike parvaṇi putradarśanaparvaṇi yudhiṣṭhirapratyāgame ṣaṭtriṁśo 'dhyāyaḥ ||
وَیشَمپایَن نے کہا—یہ سن کر مہاباہو، جنگ آوروں میں سردار سہ دیو نے حسبِ دستور جواب دیا۔ یوں شری مہابھارت کے آشرم واسِک پَرو کے ضمن میں پُتر درشن پَرو میں، یُدھشٹھِر کے واپسی کے بیان میں چھتیسواں ادھیائے ختم ہوا۔
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse underscores the ethical importance of attentive hearing and measured response: in the aftermath of immense loss, dharma is sustained through listening to wise narration/counsel and acting with responsibility rather than impulse.
This is a closing colophon-like line: Vaiśampāyana notes that Sahadeva heard what was said, and it marks the conclusion of the chapter within the Āśramavāsika Parva, in the Putradarśana section, during the episode of Yudhiṣṭhira’s return.