तथेति समनुज्ञाय सा प्रविश्याब्रवीत् स्नुषाम् ॥
अम्बिके तव पुत्रस्य दुर्नयात् किल भारताः ॥
सानुबन्धा विनङ्क्ष्यन्ति पौत्राश् चैवेति नः श्रुतम् ॥
तत् कौसल्याम् इमाम् आर्तां पुत्रशोकाभिपीडिताम् ॥
वनम् आदाय भद्रं ते गच्छावो यदि मन्यसे ॥
तथेत्य् उक्ते अम्बिकया भीष्मम् आमन्त्र्य सुव्रता ॥
वनं ययौ सत्यवती स्नुषाभ्यां सह भारत ॥
ताः सुघोरं तपः कृत्वा देव्यो भरतसत्तम ॥
देहं त्यक्त्वा महाराज गतिम् इष्टां ययुस् तदा ॥
tatheti samanujñāya sā praviśyābravīt snuṣām ||
ambike tava putrasya durnayāt kila bhāratāḥ ||
sānubandhā vinaṅkṣyanti pautrāś caiveti naḥ śrutam ||
tat kausalyām imām ārtāṃ putraśokābhipīḍitām ||
vanam ādāya bhadraṃ te gacchāvo yadi manyase ||
tathety ukte ambikayā bhīṣmam āmantrya suvratā ||
vanaṃ yayau satyavatī snuṣābhyāṃ saha bhārata ||
tāḥ sughoraṃ tapaḥ kṛtvā devyo bharatasattama ||
dehaṃ tyaktvā mahārāja gatim iṣṭāṃ yayus tadā ||
Satyavati said: 'Saying "so be it," she, entering, said to her daughter-in-law: "O Ambika, because of the misconduct of your son Dhritarashtra, the Bharatas will perish together with their offspring, and our grandsons too, as we have heard. Therefore, taking with us this grieving Kausalya, tormented by grief for her son, let us go to the forest, may it be well for you, if you agree." When Ambika said "so be it," the woman of firm vows, having informed Bhishma, Satyavati went to the forest with her two daughters-in-law, O Bharata. Those virtuous women, having performed the severest austerity, O best of the Bharatas, having given up the body, attained the desired destination.'
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Here the foremothers of the line depart from the world at the right time. Telling is Satyavati's insight: she names directly the cause of the coming ruin -- the "misconduct" of Dhritarashtra (and within it, his indulgence of his wicked son). This confirms what was said before: the root of the catastrophe lies in the unrighteousness of the blind king and his indulgence of Duryodhana. Telling, too, is the good end of the three women's lives: having gone to the forest and performed austerity, they "gave up the body and attained the desired destination" -- the good death of the righteous who withdraw in good time. Here is the ideal of vanaprastha and sannyasa at life's close: the wise leave the world before the world collapses, and through focused austerity attain a good destination. So the scripture removes the older generation from the stage, clearing it for the drama of the grandsons.