Shloka 33
अनिष्ट्वा च महायज्ञैरकृत्वा च पितृस्वधाम् | तीर्थेष्वनभिसम्प्लुत्य प्रव्रजिष्पसि चेत् प्रभो,प्रभो! बड़े-बड़े यज्ञोंका अनुष्ठान, पितरोंका श्राद्ध तथा तीर्थोंमें स्नान किये बिना ही आप संन्यास ले लेंगे तो हवा-द्वारा छिन्न-भिन्न हुए बादलोंके समान नष्ट हो जायँगे। लोक और परलोक दोनोंसे भ्रष्ट होकर (त्रिशंकुके समान) बीचमें ही लटके रह जायूँगे
aniṣṭvā ca mahāyajñair akṛtvā ca pitṛsvadhām | tīrtheṣv anabhisamplutya pravrajiṣyasi cet prabho ||
Nakula said: “O lord, if you depart into renunciation without having performed the great sacrifices, without having duly offered the ancestral rites (the svadhā for the Pitṛs), and without bathing at the sacred fords, then you will be ruined—like clouds torn apart and scattered by the wind. Fallen from both this world and the next, you will hang in between, like Triśaṅku.”
नकुल उवाच
Educational Q&A
Nakula stresses that renunciation should not be taken up while neglecting one’s prior dharmic obligations—especially major sacrifices, ancestral rites (śrāddha/svadhā), and purificatory pilgrimages. Otherwise, one risks losing merit and stability in both worldly and otherworldly spheres.
Nakula addresses a revered superior (“prabho”), warning him against prematurely leaving for the renunciant life. He uses vivid similes—clouds shredded by wind and the figure of Triśaṅku suspended between realms—to argue that abandoning prescribed duties can lead to spiritual and social ruin.