युधिष्ठिर उवाच
आमन्त्रयामि भरतांस् तथा वृद्धं पितामहम् ॥
राजानं सोमदत्तं च महाराजं च बाह्लिकम् ॥
द्रोणं कृपं नृपांश् चान्यान् अश्वत्थामानम् एव च ॥
विदुरं धृतराष्ट्रं च धार्तराष्ट्रांश् च सर्वशः ॥
युयुत्सुं संजयं चैव तथैवान्यान् सभासदः ॥
सर्वान् आमन्त्र्य गच्छामि द्रष्टास्मि पुनर् एत्य वः ॥
yudhiṣṭhira uvāca
āmantrayāmi bharatāṃs tathā vṛddhaṃ pitāmaham ||
rājānaṃ somadattaṃ ca mahārājaṃ ca bāhlikam ||
droṇaṃ kṛpaṃ nṛpāṃś cānyān aśvatthāmānam eva ca ||
viduraṃ dhṛtarāṣṭraṃ ca dhārtarāṣṭrāṃś ca sarvaśaḥ ||
yuyutsuṃ saṃjayaṃ caiva tathaivānyān sabhāsadaḥ ||
sarvān āmantrya gacchāmi draṣṭāsmi punar etya vaḥ ||
[Yudhishthira:] 'I bid farewell to the Bharatas, and likewise to the old grandfather, to King Somadatta and the great King Bahlika, to Drona, Kripa, to the other kings and to Ashvatthaman himself, to Vidura and Dhritarashtra, and to all the sons of Dhritarashtra, to Yuyutsu and Sanjaya, and to the others seated in the assembly. Having bid farewell to all, I depart; having returned, I shall see you again.'
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The exile takes leave of everyone by name — even those who ruined him — making no distinction between friend and offender. This even-handed farewell is not indifference but the highest equanimity: the dharma of kinship and courtesy is not annulled by injury. His words ‘I shall see you again’ are telling: one departing does not curse or despair, but firmly awaits return, knowing that trial has its appointed term. The verse teaches that the noble soul keeps the rite of respect toward all even in the hour of humiliation; that true greatness never stoops to selective, vengeful coldness; and that one who trusts in dharma departs without curses, a word of hope on his lips — for exile, to the righteous, is not an end but a path.