Shloka 4
ततस्तत्र समाजग्मुस्तापसा नियतव्रता: । पाण्डवानागतान द्रष्टं कौतूहलसमन्विता:,धृतराष्ट्रका वह पवित्र आश्रम मनुष्योंसे सूना था। उसमें सब ओर मृगोंके झुंड विचर रहे थे और केलेका सुन्दर उद्यान उस आश्रमकी शोभा बढ़ाता था। पाण्डव लोग ज्यों ही उस आश्रममें पहुँचे त्यों ही वहाँ नियमपूर्वक व्रतोंका पालन करनेवाले बहुत-से तपस्वी कौतूहलवश वहाँ पधारे हुए पाण्डवोंको देखनेके लिये आ गये
tatas tatra samājagmus tāpasā niyatavratāḥ | pāṇḍavān āgatān draṣṭuṁ kautūhalasamanvitāḥ ||
Vaiśampāyana said: Then, in that hermitage, ascetics of disciplined vows gathered together, filled with curiosity, to see the Pāṇḍavas who had arrived. The scene underscores the moral gravity of the Pāṇḍavas’ post-war journey: their presence draws those devoted to austerity and restraint, as if to witness how royal duty and suffering have ripened into humility and dharmic reflection.
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights the esteem for niyama (discipline) and vrata (vowed conduct): those who live by austerity are drawn to witness figures whose lives have been tested by duty and suffering, suggesting that true moral authority is recognized by the spiritually disciplined.
As the Pāṇḍavas reach the hermitage, many vow-observing ascetics assemble there out of curiosity to see them, marking the Pāṇḍavas’ arrival as an event of spiritual and social significance.