Shloka 39
अध्याय १: महाप्रस्थानारम्भः
The Commencement of the Great Departure
अयं व: फाल्गुनो भ्राता गाण्डीवं परमायुधम् । परित्यज्य वने यातु नानेनार्थोडस्ति कश्नन
ayaṃ vaḥ phālguno bhrātā gāṇḍīvaṃ paramāyudham | parityajya vane yātu nānenārtho 'sti kaścana ||
Vaiśampāyana nói: “Đây là em của các ngươi, Phālguna (Arjuna), hãy từ bỏ vũ khí tối thượng—cung Gāṇḍīva—mà vào rừng. Nay đối với chàng, nó không còn ích gì nữa.”
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
The core teaching is the disciplined relinquishment of instruments of power once their dharmic role is finished: a warrior’s famed weapon has no place in the ethic of withdrawal and detachment that marks the final journey.
As the Pāṇḍavas proceed toward their final departure, the instruction is given that Arjuna (Phālguna) should leave behind the Gāṇḍīva and go to the forest, signaling the end of his identity as a battlefield hero and the beginning of renunciant travel.