Shloka 15
Nārada’s Exempla of Tapas and Assurance to Dhṛtarāṣṭra (नारदोपदेशः—तपःसिद्ध्युदाहरणम्)
एवं स राजा धर्मात्मा परीत्याश्रममण्डलम् | वसु विश्राण्य तत् सर्व पुनरायान्महीपति:,इस प्रकार धर्मात्मा राजा पृथ्वीपति युधिष्ठिर आश्रमोंमें घूम-घूमकर वह सारा धन बाँटनेके पश्चात् धृतराष्ट्रके आश्रमपर लौट आये
evaṁ sa rājā dharmātmā parītyāśramamaṇḍalam | vasu viśrāṇya tat sarvaṁ punar āyān mahīpatiḥ ||
Thus that righteous king, after going around the circle of hermitages and distributing all that wealth, returned again—the lord of the earth—to Dhṛtarāṣṭra’s āśrama. The scene underscores kingship disciplined by dharma: power is shown not by hoarding, but by respectful visitation and generous giving to those who live the ascetic life.
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights dharmic kingship: a ruler’s virtue is shown through humility toward ascetic communities and through generous redistribution of wealth, treating resources as a trust to be shared rather than possessed.
Yudhiṣṭhira visits the surrounding hermitages, gives away the wealth he has brought, and then returns to the hermitage where Dhṛtarāṣṭra is staying.