Shloka 13
Vidura’s Message to Dhṛtarāṣṭra: Authorization for Dāna and Public Welfare (विदुरवाक्यम्—दानानुज्ञा)
भार्या समभवद् यस्य नर्मदा सरितां वरा | सो<स्मिन्नरण्ये नृपतिस्तपस्तप्त्वा दिवं गत:
bhāryā samabhavad yasya narmadā saritāṃ varā | so 'sminn araṇye nṛpatis tapas taptvā divaṃ gataḥ || nareśvara māndhātāke putra purukutsena hi saritāṃ śreṣṭhā narmadā yasyā bhāryā babhūva | sa ihaiva vane tapasyā mahāṃ siddhiṃ prāptavān | ihaiva tapasyā kṛtvā sa nṛpaḥ svargalokaṃ gataḥ ||
Nārada said: “The king for whom Narmadā—the finest among rivers—became a wife, performed austerities in this very forest and then ascended to heaven. O lord of men, that was Purukutsa, the son of Māndhātṛ. Here itself he practiced tapas, attained great spiritual accomplishment, and from here he went to the heavenly world.”
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