Shloka 2
कुन्ती–व्याससंवादः
Kuntī–Vyāsa Dialogue on Durvāsā’s Boon and Karṇa’s Birth
वन॑ प्रविशतानेन वायुभक्षेण धीमता । अग्नय: कारयित्वेष्टिमुत्सृष्टा इति न: श्रुतम्,हमारे सुननेमें आया है कि वायु पीकर रहनेवाले वे बुद्धिमान् नरेश जब घने वनमें प्रवेश करने लगे, उस समय उन्होंने याजकोंद्वारा इष्टि कराकर तीनों अग्नियोंको वहीं त्याग दिया
vanaṁ praviśatānena vāyubhakṣeṇa dhīmatā | agnayaḥ kārayitveṣṭim utsṛṣṭā iti naḥ śrutam |
قال نارادا: «لقد سمعنا أنه حين همّ ذلك الملك الحكيم—الذي كان يقتات بالهواء وحده—بدخول الغابة الكثيفة، أقام على يد الكهنة قربان الإشْتي (iṣṭi)، ثم ترك هناك النيران المقدسة الثلاث».
नारद उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights a dharmic transition into renunciation: even when withdrawing from household life, one should conclude obligations properly—here, by arranging a final iṣṭi and formally relinquishing the sacred fires—showing that renunciation is disciplined, not careless abandonment.
Nārada reports what is traditionally heard: as the wise king, practicing extreme austerity (living on air), prepares to enter the forest, he has priests perform an iṣṭi rite and then leaves behind the three ritual fires, marking his departure from domestic sacrificial life.