Shloka 9
Babhruvāhana’s Lament and Appeal for Expiation (प्रायश्चित्त-याचना)
उत्तिष्ठ कुरुमुख्यस्य प्रियमुख्य मम प्रिय । अयमश्वो महाबाहो मया ते परिमोक्षित:,“कुरुराजके प्रियतम और मेरे प्राणाधार! उठो। महाबाहो! मैंने तुम्हारा यह घोड़ा छुड़वा दिया है
uttistha kurumukhyasya priyamukhya mama priya | ayam aśvo mahābāho mayā te parimokṣitaḥ ||
Vaiśampāyana nói: “Hãy đứng dậy—người được yêu quý nhất trong những người được yêu của bậc tối thượng nhà Kuru, cũng là người ta yêu nhất. Hỡi bậc đại dũng cánh tay hùng mạnh, ta đã giải thoát con ngựa này cho ngươi rồi.”
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse emphasizes steadfastness and the restoration of rightful duty: when a key symbol of royal dharma (the Aśvamedha horse) is recovered, one should rise from grief or defeat and resume one’s responsibilities with renewed honor.
A narrator reports a consoling address to a Kuru hero: he is urged to get up, and is told that the sacrificial/royal horse—central to the Aśvamedha rite—has been successfully freed and returned to his control.