Shloka 22
Svargārohaṇa-parva Adhyāya 2 — Yudhiṣṭhira’s Inquiry for His Kin and the Vision of a Punitive Realm
वहाँ यत्र-तत्र बहुत-से मुर्दे बिखरे पड़े थे, उनमेंसे किसीके शरीरसे रुधिर और मेद बहते थे, किसीके बाहु, ऊरु, पेट और हाथ-पैर कट गये थे ।।
sa tat-kuṇapa-durgandham aśivaṁ lomaharṣaṇam | jagāma rājā dharmātmā madhye bahu vicintayan ||
Vaiśaṃpāyana nói: Vua chí chính Yudhiṣṭhira vẫn bước tiếp trên chính con đường ấy—nồng nặc mùi tử thi mục rữa, điềm gở và khiến tóc gáy dựng đứng—trong khi bao ý nghĩ cuộn xoáy trong lòng. Cảnh tượng ghê rợn, bất tường, nhưng ngài vẫn tiến lên, mang nặng sự suy tư về đạo lý giữa những tàn dư của bạo lực.
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
Even a dharmic person must confront the consequences of violence without denial: the king proceeds through an inauspicious, horrifying scene while reflecting deeply, suggesting that ethical life includes sober reckoning with suffering and the moral weight of actions.
As narrated by Vaiśaṃpāyana, King Yudhiṣṭhira continues along a path filled with the stench and horror of decaying corpses; despite the terrifying, ill-omened surroundings, he moves forward while absorbed in anxious contemplation.