Shloka 3
अश्रमवासिनां विषादः — Lament in Hastināpura after the Elders’ Forest Withdrawal
यत् तदाश्चर्यमिति वै करिष्यामीत्युवाच ह । व्यास: परमतेजस्वी महर्षिस्तद् वदस्व मे
janamejaya uvāca |
yat tad āścaryam iti vai kariṣyāmīty uvāca ha |
vyāsaḥ paramatejasvī maharṣis tad vadasva me ||
阇那美阇耶说道：“那位光辉无上的大圣维耶娑曾宣言：‘我将显现一件奇异之事。’请尊者告知：那惊人的事件究竟如何发生——当大地之主持国王与其正妃甘陀梨及儿媳昆蒂启程入林而居之时；当毗度罗证得成就，入于法王坚战之身之时；以及当诸般度婆罗门（般度五子）尽皆住入林苑精舍围院之时？”
जनमेजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse frames ethical-spiritual transition after worldly power: elders embrace forest-renunciation, and a realized being (Vidura) is portrayed as attaining siddhi and merging into the righteous king—suggesting that dharma and inner realization, not mere kingship, are the enduring center of authority.
Janamejaya asks for clarification about Vyāsa’s earlier promise to reveal a ‘marvel.’ He situates the question at a specific moment: Dhṛtarāṣṭra leaves for the forest with Gāndhārī and Kuntī; Vidura attains perfection and enters Yudhiṣṭhira; and the Pāṇḍavas are living in the hermitage precinct.