Shloka 2
Kuntī’s Retrospective Uddharṣaṇa and Renunciatory Resolve (कुन्त्युद्धर्षण-प्रत्याख्यानम्)
स च योधजन: सर्वो ये च राष्ट्रनिवासिन: । स्त्रियश्व कुरुमुख्यानां पद्धिरेवान्वयुस्तदा,साथ आये हुए समस्त सैनिक, राज्यके निवासी मनुष्य तथा कुरुवंशके प्रधान पुरुषोंकी स्त्रियाँ भी पैदल ही आश्रमतक गयीं
sa ca yodhajanaḥ sarvo ye ca rāṣṭranivāsinaḥ | striyaś ca kurumukhyānāṁ paddhir evānvayus tadā ||
毗湿摩波耶那说道：当时，所有将士、国中百姓，乃至库鲁宗族诸贤的妇人们，也都步行随行，前往那座林居道场。此景昭示众人同心转向：由王室安逸转入清苦之责与恭敬相随，在战后退隐与道德省思之时。
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights humility and shared responsibility: in a moment of transition toward ascetic life, even those accustomed to privilege choose to walk on foot, signaling respect, solidarity, and a turn from power toward restraint and dharmic conduct.
A large group—soldiers, common residents of the realm, and the women of the leading Kurus—sets out and follows on foot to the hermitage, accompanying the principal figures of the Kuru house during their move into forest life.