Shloka 1
अश्रमवासिनां विषादः — Lament in Hastināpura after the Elders’ Forest Withdrawal
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janamejaya uvāca |
vanavāsaṃ gate vipra dhṛtarāṣṭre mahīpatau |
sabhārye nṛpaśārdūla vadhvā kuntyā samanvite ||
阇那梅阇耶说道：“婆罗门啊，当大地之主持国王（Dhṛtarāṣṭra）与其王后甘陀梨（Gāndhārī）并儿媳昆蒂（Kuntī）一同出发，入林居住之后，接着发生了什么？请告诉我：当时毗耶娑这位光辉无比的圣者曾预言道‘我将显现一件奇异之事’，那奇异之事究竟如何发生——就在毗度罗证得圆满而入于法王坚战（Yudhiṣṭhira）之身、般度诸子皆住于精舍境内之时？”
जनमेजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse frames a dharmic transition: after the devastation of war, even sovereign power yields to renunciation. It highlights ethical accountability and the turn toward spiritual life—forest-dwelling as a response to grief, aging, and the moral weight of past actions.
Janamejaya asks the sage to narrate what occurred after Dhṛtarāṣṭra left for the forest with Gāndhārī and Kuntī. He specifically wants to hear about the extraordinary event Vyāsa promised, in the broader context where Vidura attains siddhi and merges into Yudhiṣṭhira, and the Pāṇḍavas reside near the hermitage.