Shloka 21
Nahūṣa as Ajagara: Virtue Hierarchy, Karmic Gati, and the Psychology of Mind–Intellect
ततश्न यात्वा मरुधन्वपारश्व सदा भरनुर्वेदरतिप्रधाना: सरस्वतीमेत्य निवासकामा: सरस्ततो द्वैतवनं प्रतीयु:
tataś ca yātvā marudhanv-apārśvaṃ sadā bharanur-vedarati-pradhānāḥ | sarasvatīm etya nivāsakāmāḥ saras tato dvaitavanaṃ pratīyuḥ ||
বৈশম্পায়নে ক’লে— তাৰ পাছত তেওঁলোকে মৰুধন্ব-সংলগ্ন দেশলৈ গৈ, বেদৰসত ৰত আৰু ধনুৰ্বিদ্যাত অগ্ৰগণ্য হৈ, বাসস্থানৰ কামনাৰে সৰস্বতীৰ তীৰত উপস্থিত হ’ল; আৰু সেই সৰোবৰৰ পৰা আগবাঢ়ি দ্বৈতবন অৰণ্যলৈ গ’ল।
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights a dharmic ideal of balance: even while armed and capable in martial discipline, the travelers are described as devoted to Vedic learning and seek a proper place of residence, suggesting that strength is to be guided by sacred knowledge and orderly conduct.
The group moves onward in the wilderness: they travel to the vicinity of Marudhanva, reach the sacred Sarasvatī, and then proceed from a lake there to the forest called Dvaitavana, looking for a suitable place to stay.