Shloka 23
Dhṛtarāṣṭra’s Śrāddha Request and Bhīma’s Objection (Āśramavāsika-parva, Adhyāya 17)
ततो रात्र्यां व्यतीतायां कृतपूर्वाह्निकक्रिया:
tato rātryāṁ vyatītāyāṁ kṛtapūrvāhnikakriyāḥ |
ৰাতি পাৰ হোৱাৰ পাছত, পূৰ্বাহ্নৰ বিধি সম্পন্ন কৰি আৰু বিধিমতে অগ্নিত আহুতি দি, তেওঁলোক সকলোৱে ক্ৰমে আগবাঢ়িল। ৰাতিভৰ উপবাস কৰি, সকলোৱে উত্তৰমুখে সেই দিশলৈ দৃষ্টি স্থিৰ কৰি চলিল।
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights disciplined dharma in a renunciant setting: even while moving toward withdrawal from worldly life, one maintains purity through prescribed rites, self-restraint (fasting), and purposeful orientation (northward), suggesting inner resolve guided by tradition.
After the night ends, the group completes morning rituals and offers oblations into the fire. Having fasted overnight, they then proceed onward in an orderly manner, facing and looking toward the northern direction as they travel.