Shloka 5
अध्याय ९ — धृतराष्ट्रस्य युधिष्ठिरं प्रति राजनित्युपदेशः
Dhṛtarāṣṭra’s Counsel on Royal Policy to Yudhiṣṭhira
सो<हं पुनः पुनश्चैव शिरसावनतो5नघा: । गान्धार्या सहितं तन््मां समनुज्ञातुमरहथ
so 'haṃ punaḥ punaś caiva śirasāvanato 'naghāḥ | gāndhāryā sahitaṃ tan māṃ samanujñātum arhatha ||
毗舍波耶那说：“因此，我一次又一次俯首致敬，诸位无瑕之民。请以为当允，赐我与甘陀梨同往，得以辞别而去。”
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse foregrounds humility and social-ethical propriety: even a senior royal figure seeks communal and moral consent before renouncing worldly life. Repeated bowing signals accountability to dharma and to the people affected by his departure.
In the Āśramavāsika context, the elder Kuru figures prepare to withdraw to the forest. Here the speaker reports a formal request: permission is sought for departure to the forest together with Gāndhārī, expressed through repeated respectful prostration.