Shloka 25
Adhyāya 90: Babhruvāhana’s Reception and the Commencement of Yudhiṣṭhira’s Aśvamedha
सभार्य: सह पुत्रेण सस्नुषस्तपसि स्थित: । बभूव शुक््लवृत्त: स धर्मात्मा नियतेन्द्रिय:
sabhāryaḥ saha putreṇa sasnuṣas tapasi sthitaḥ | babhūva śuklavṛttaḥ sa dharmātmā niyatendriyaḥ ||
তিনি স্ত্রী, পুত্র ও পুত্রবধূসহ একত্রে বাস করে তপস্যায় নিবিষ্ট থাকতেন। সেই ব্রাহ্মণ শুদ্ধ আচরণে স্থিত, ধর্মাত্মা এবং ইন্দ্রিয়সংযমী ছিলেন।
नकुल उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse praises dharma grounded in inner discipline: even while living with family, one can pursue tapas, maintain purity of conduct (śuklavṛtta), and restrain the senses (niyatendriya), making ethical self-mastery the basis of righteousness.
Nakula describes a Brahmin who, together with his wife, son, and daughter-in-law, lives in a family setting yet remains devoted to austerity and moral purity, characterized as righteous and self-controlled.