Shloka 91
Adhyāya 90: Babhruvāhana’s Reception and the Commencement of Yudhiṣṭhira’s Aśvamedha
क्षुधापरिगतज्ञानो धृतिं त्यजति चैव ह । बुभुक्षां जयते यस्तु स स्वर्ग जयते ध्रुवम्
kṣudhāparigatajñāno dhṛtiṁ tyajati caiva ha | bubhukṣāṁ jayate yastu sa svargaṁ jayate dhruvam ||
ক্ষুধায় আচ্ছন্ন জ্ঞানবানও ধৈর্য ত্যাগ করে। কিন্তু যে ক্ষুধার তৃষ্ণাকে জয় করে, সে নিশ্চিতই স্বর্গ জয় করে।
श्षशुर उवाच
Educational Q&A
Hunger can overpower discernment and weaken moral steadiness; therefore, mastering hunger and its cravings is praised as a form of self-conquest that leads to spiritual merit and the highest reward (svarga).
A speaker identified as the father-in-law (śvaśura) offers a didactic reflection: he explains the psychological and ethical danger of hunger and extols the virtue of endurance and restraint.