Shloka 2
अश्रमवासिनां विषादः — Lament in Hastināpura after the Elders’ Forest Withdrawal
विदुरे चापि संसिद्धि धर्मराजं व्यपाश्रिते । वसत्सु पाण्डुपुत्रेषु सर्वेष्वाश्रममण्डले
vidure cāpi saṁsiddhiṁ dharmarājaṁ vyapāśrite | vasatsu pāṇḍuputreṣu sarveṣv āśramamaṇḍale ||
阇那梅阇耶说道：“当大地之主持国（Dhṛtarāṣṭra）与王后甘陀梨（Gāndhārī）及儿媳昆蒂（Kuntī）一同入林而居；当毗度罗证得成就而入于法王坚战（Yudhiṣṭhira）之身；当般度诸子皆住于精舍境内之时——那位光辉的毗耶娑曾预告说‘我将显现一件惊异之事’，此等奇事究竟如何发生？请为我详述。”
जनमेजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights the movement from worldly roles to spiritual culmination: elders embrace renunciation, and Vidura’s ‘siddhi’ signifies inner realization that ultimately seeks refuge in dharma itself—embodied by Yudhiṣṭhira. It frames dharma not merely as rule-following but as a living principle that can ‘receive’ and preserve wisdom when the realized withdraw from ordinary life.
Janamejaya asks Vaiśaṁpāyana to explain a marvel foretold by Vyāsa: after Dhṛtarāṣṭra departs for the forest with Gāndhārī and Kuntī, Vidura attains perfection and enters into Yudhiṣṭhira, while the Pāṇḍavas reside in the hermitage precinct. The question sets up the account of how this extraordinary event took place.