Shloka 46
Nakula’s Declaration and the Uñchavṛtti Brāhmaṇa’s Superior Merit (Āśvamedhika Parva, Adhyāya 92)
वशे स्थितोऊहं त्वय्यद्य क्षमावति महात्मनि । बिभेमि तपस: साधो प्रसाद कुरु मे प्रभो,'प्रभो! आज मैं आपके वशमें हूँ। आपकी तपस्यासे डरता हूँ। साधो! आप क्षमाशील महात्मा हैं, मुझपर कृपा कीजिये'
vaśe sthito ’haṃ tvayy adya kṣamāvati mahātmani | bibhemi tapasaḥ sādho prasāda kuru me prabho ||
বৈশম্পায়নে ক’লে—“প্ৰভু! আজি মই সম্পূৰ্ণৰূপে আপোনাৰ বশত আছোঁ। আপুনি ক্ষমাশীল মহাত্মা; আপোনাৰ তপস্যাৰ প্ৰভাৱলৈ মই ভয় কৰোঁ, হে সাধু। মোৰ ওপৰত প্ৰসন্ন হওক, হে স্বামী—অনুগ্ৰহ কৰক।”
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights ethical restraint in the presence of spiritual power: one should approach the ascetic (whose tapas is formidable) with humility, acknowledge their capacity for forgiveness (kṣamā), and seek reconciliation through respectful supplication rather than confrontation.
The speaker (introduced as Vaiśampāyana) voices a plea to a powerful, ascetic, great-souled person: he declares himself under that person’s authority, admits fear of the ascetic’s tapas, and requests gracious favor—signaling a moment of appeasement and seeking protection or pardon.