Shloka 15
Vidura’s Message to Dhṛtarāṣṭra: Authorization for Dāna and Public Welfare (विदुरवाक्यम्—दानानुज्ञा)
द्वैपायनप्रसादाच्च त्वमपीदं तपोवनम् । राजन्नवाप्य दुष्प्रापां गतिमग्र्यां गमिष्यसि
Dvaipāyana-prasādāc ca tvam apīdaṃ tapovanam | rājan avāpya duṣprāpāṃ gatim agryāṃ gamiṣyasi, nareśvara ||
قال نارادا: «بفضل دْوَيْپايَنَة (فياسا) وصلتَ أنت أيضًا، أيها الملك، إلى هذه الغابة، غابة النسك. وقد جئتَ إلى هنا لتؤدّي التَّبَس، فتنال تلك الحالة العُليا النادرة العسيرة المنال—مصيرًا ساميًا، يا سيّد البشر».
नारद उवाच
Educational Q&A
Spiritual progress is enabled by both divine/saintly grace (Vyāsa’s prasāda) and personal discipline (tapas). Even a king, after fulfilling worldly duties, can attain the highest destiny by entering a life of austerity and inner purification.
Nārada addresses the king who has arrived at the tapovana (hermitage-forest). He explains that this arrival is due to Vyāsa’s grace and foretells that, by practicing austerities there, the king will attain a rare and supreme spiritual end.