Shloka 136
युधिष्ठिरस्य अर्जुनप्रेषण-युक्तिवर्णनम् | Yudhiṣṭhira’s Rationale for Sending Arjuna and Request to Dhaumya
कन्यासंवेद्यमासाद्य नियतो नियताशन:
kanyāsaṃvedyam āsādya niyato niyatāśanaḥ
فلما بلغ حالًا لا يُدرَك إلا بشهادة الفتاة، ظلَّ ضابطًا لنفسه، مقيمًا على الانضباط، لا يتناول إلا طعامًا مُقنَّنًا.
घुलस्त्य उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse foregrounds niyama—disciplined restraint—especially through regulated conduct and diet. Ethical steadiness is shown not by impulse but by deliberate self-governance, even when the situation depends on sensitive personal testimony.
The speaker describes someone who has arrived at a matter that must be understood via a maiden’s account, and emphasizes that he remains controlled and observant of discipline, marked by regulated eating—suggesting an ascetic or vow-bound posture within the episode.