Shloka 100
Nāradasya Rājadharma-praśnāḥ
Nārada’s Examination of Royal Ethics
कच्चित् क्रतूनेकचित्तों वाजपेयांश्व सर्वश: । पुण्डरीकांश्व कार्त्स्येन यतसे कर्तुमात्मवान्
kaccit kratūn ekacitto vājapeyāṁś ca sarvaśaḥ | puṇḍarīkāṁś ca kārtsnyena yatase kartum ātmavān ||
Nārada said: “Are you, with your mind brought under control and made one-pointed, striving with full resolve to perform completely all the sacrificial rites—such as the Vājapeya and the Puṇḍarīka—in their entirety?”
नारद उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse links outer religious duty (performing major Vedic sacrifices) with inner discipline: sacrifices should be undertaken with a controlled, one-pointed mind and completed thoroughly, reflecting integrity and self-mastery as part of dharma.
Nārada addresses the king (contextually, Yudhiṣṭhira in the Sabha Parva) and inquires—using the concerned particle kaccit—whether he is diligently and completely performing great royal sacrifices like the Vājapeya and Puṇḍarīka, emphasizing both resolve and mental concentration.