Shloka 27
अम्बोपाख्याने तापसानां विचारः तथा होत्रवाहनस्य उपदेशः
Ambā among ascetics; Hotravāhana directs her to Paraśurāma
बन्धुभिवरप्रहीणास्मि शाल्वेन च निराकृता । न च शक्यं पुनर्गन्तुं मया वारणसाह्नयम्,'भाई-बन्धुओंसे तो दूर हो ही गयी हूँ। राजा शाल्वने भी मुझे त्याग दिया है। अब मैं हस्तिनापुरमें भी नहीं जा सकती
bandhubhir vara-prahīṇāsmi śālvena ca nirākṛtā | na ca śakyaṃ punar gantuṃ mayā vāraṇasāhvayam ||
‘میں اپنے رشتہ داروں کے سہارے سے محروم ہو چکی ہوں؛ اور راجا شالْو نے بھی مجھے ٹھکرا دیا ہے۔ اب میرے لیے وارانَساہْوَیہ (ہستناپور) واپس جانا بھی ممکن نہیں۔’
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse underscores the ethical fragility of worldly supports: kinship and royal patronage are meant to provide protection, yet when they collapse, one’s social and moral standing becomes precarious. It invites reflection on dharma as a steadier refuge than mere affiliation or power.
A speaker reports being abandoned by relatives and repudiated by King Śālva, and declares an inability to return to Vāraṇasāhvaya (Hastināpura). The line conveys a crisis of shelter and legitimacy within the broader tensions of the Udyoga Parva.