Shloka 1
अौर्ध्वदेहिक-श्राद्धे दानयज्ञविस्तारः | Expansion of the Aurdhvadehika Śrāddha and the Donation-Rite
अपन ह< बक। है २ >> एकविशो< ध्याय: धृतराष्ट्र आदिके लिये पाण्डवों तथा पुरवासियोंकी चिन्ता वैशम्पायन उवाच वनं॑ गते कौरवेन्द्रे द:ःखशोकसमन्विता: । बभूवु: पाण्डवा राजन् मातृशोकेन चान्विता:
vaiśampāyana uvāca |
vanam gate kauravendre duḥkhaśokasamanvitāḥ |
babhūvuḥ pāṇḍavā rājan mātṛśokena cānvitāḥ ||
毗湿摩波耶那说道：“大王（阇那梅阇耶）啊，当俱卢之主持国（Dhṛtarāṣṭra）入林而去后，般度五子尽为忧苦与悲恸所压倒。又因丧母之痛而心如火灼，那痛楚在他们胸中久久不息。”
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights the ethical weight of familial bonds and the cost of dharma after conflict: even rightful victory does not erase grief. It also frames the forest-life (vanaprastha/retirement) of elders as a dharmic transition that deeply affects those who remain, reminding rulers that governance includes bearing personal loss with steadiness.
Dhṛtarāṣṭra, the Kuru elder, has departed for the forest. In response, the Pāṇḍavas are plunged into sorrow—intensified by the recent loss of their mother—setting the emotional and moral atmosphere for the ensuing events of the Āśramavāsika narrative.