Shloka 9
आह्वानमन्त्रप्रयोगः — Kuntī’s Invocations and the Birth-Portents of the Pāṇḍavas
रराज कुन्त्या माद्रया च पाण्डु: सह वने चरन् । करेण्वोरिव मध्यस्थ: श्रीमान् पौरंदरो गज:,कुन्ती और माद्रीके साथ वनमें विचरते हुए महाराज पाण्डु दो हथिनियोंके बीचमें स्थित ऐरावत हाथीकी भाँति शोभा पाते थे
vaiśampāyana uvāca | rarāja kuntyā mādrayā ca pāṇḍuḥ saha vane caran | kareṇvor iva madhyasthaḥ śrīmān paurandaro gajaḥ ||
毗湿摩波耶那说道：般度王与昆蒂、摩德丽同游林中时，光彩照人——宛如因陀罗的神象艾罗婆多，立于两头母象之间而显赫。此颂凸显王者尊严即便在流离中亦不坠，并写出患难之中相伴的和谐。
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
Even in withdrawal from the kingdom, a ruler’s inner nobility and restraint can remain intact; dignity is shown not by location or power but by conduct and harmonious companionship amid adversity.
The narrator describes Pāṇḍu living and roaming in the forest with his two wives, Kuntī and Mādrī, portraying his splendor through a simile: he appears like Indra’s elephant Airāvata standing between two female elephants.