Shloka 12
धृतराष्ट्र–दुर्योधन संवादः
Vāraṇāvata-vivāsana-nīti: Dhṛtarāṣṭra and Duryodhana’s Policy Dialogue
धनुश्न सशरं त्यक्त्वा तथा कृष्णाजिनानि च । स विहायाश्रमं तं च तां चैवाप्सरसं मुनि:
dhanuḥ saśaraṃ tyaktvā tathā kṛṣṇājināni ca | sa vihāyāśramaṃ taṃ ca tāṃ caivāpsarasaṃ muniḥ ||
毗舍波耶那说道：他抛下弓与箭，也抛下黑羚羊皮；那位牟尼舍弃了那座林庵，也舍弃了那位阿普萨拉，遂从彼处离去。
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights vairāgya (detachment) and self-mastery: when confronted with entangling objects—whether instruments of force (bow and arrows) or sensual allure (apsaras)—the dharmic response for an ascetic is to abandon attachment and return to disciplined restraint.
Vaiśampāyana narrates that a sage leaves behind his bow with arrows, his black antelope-skins, the hermitage, and the apsaras, and departs—marking a turning point where he breaks from the setting and the temptation associated with it.