Shloka 34
Nakula’s Counsel on Yajña, Dāna, and Tyāga (नकुलोपदेशः—यज्ञदानत्यागविचारः)
छिन्ना भ्रमिव गन्तासि विलयं मारुतेरितम् । लोकयोरुभयोर्भ्रष्टो हुन्तराले व्यवस्थित:
chinnā bhramir iva gantāsi vilayaṁ māruteritam | lokayor ubhayor bhraṣṭo hy antarāle vyavasthitaḥ, prabho ||
قال ناكولا: «يا مولاي، إن أنت مضيتَ إلى الفناء ككتلة سحابٍ مزّقتها الريح وساقتها، فإني—وقد سقطتُ من العالمين، هذا وذاك—سأبقى معلّقًا في البرزخ بينهما، كأنما كذلك.»
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Educational Q&A
The verse warns that abandoning prescribed duties and rites abruptly—without proper grounding—can leave one spiritually and socially unmoored, ‘fallen from both worlds,’ neither fulfilling worldly obligations nor attaining the stability of renunciation.
Nakula addresses a revered figure (‘prabhu’), expressing fear that if the addressee withdraws into renunciation/dissolution, Nakula himself will be left in a liminal state—like a wind-torn cloud—deprived of support in both worldly life and the hoped-for next world.