Shloka 38
Ādi-parva Adhyāya 132 — Duryodhana’s Instructions to Purocana at Vāraṇāvata
Lākṣāgṛha Planning
तेषां विचरतां तत्र तत्तत्कर्मचिकीर्षया । ध्वा चरन् स वने मूढो नैषादिं प्रति जग्मिवान्
teṣāṃ vicaratāṃ tatra tattat-karmacikīrṣayā | śvā caran sa vane mūḍho naiṣādaṃ prati jagmivān ||
毗湿摩波耶那说：当他们在那片森林中往来游走，各自想着完成自己的事务时，他们那愚笨的狗在林间乱窜，竟朝尼沙陀族少年埃迦罗毗耶走去。
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
Seemingly minor, unreflective actions—like a dog wandering off—can trigger events that expose deeper ethical questions about discipline, responsibility, and the boundaries of rightful instruction and social inclusion.
As the group moves about the forest pursuing their own purposes, their dog strays and ends up reaching the Niṣāda youth Ekalavya, setting up the encounter that leads into the well-known Ekalavya–Droṇa episode.