Shloka 10
अौर्ध्वदेहिक-श्राद्धे दानयज्ञविस्तारः | Expansion of the Aurdhvadehika Śrāddha and the Donation-Rite
नैषां बभूव सम्प्रीतिस्तात् विचिन्तयतां तदा । न राज्ये न च नारीषु न वेदाध्ययनेषु च
Vaiśampāyana uvāca: naiṣāṃ babhūva samprītis tāta vicintayatāṃ tadā | na rājye na ca nārīṣu na vedādhyayaneṣu ca ||
毗舍波耶那说：“亲爱的啊，那时那些长者沉溺于忧惧的思虑之中，毫无欢悦可言。他们的心既不乐于王权政事，也不乐于女色与世间享受，甚至连研读吠陀也不能使他们满足。”
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
Overwhelming grief and moral shock after catastrophic violence can drain the taste for power, pleasure, and even routine religious learning; the verse points toward vairāgya (dispassion) as a psychological and ethical turning-point that prepares the elders for withdrawal from worldly life.
In the Ashramavāsika context, the elders are described as brooding and restless, unable to find satisfaction in royal affairs, sensual enjoyments, or even Vedic study—signaling their growing detachment and the movement toward forest-dwelling/retirement that characterizes this parva.