Shloka 26
नागैः सह ब्राह्मणस्य अतिथिधर्म-व्रतसंवादः | The Brahmin’s Vow and the Nāgas’ Hospitality Appeal
जजाप विधिवन्न्मन्त्रान् नारायणगतान् बहून् । दिव्यं वर्षसमहसत्रं हि नरनारायणाश्रमे,उन्होंने नारायणसम्बन्धी बहुत-से मन्त्रोंका विधिपूर्वक जप किया और एक सहस्र दिव्य वर्षोतक वे नर-नारायणके आश्रममें टिके रहे
vaiśampāyana uvāca | jajāpa vidhivan mantrān nārāyaṇagatān bahūn | divyaṁ varṣa-sahasraṁ hi nara-nārāyaṇāśrame |
Vaiśampāyana said: He duly recited many mantras devoted to Nārāyaṇa, and indeed remained in the hermitage of Nara and Nārāyaṇa for a thousand divine years.
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights disciplined devotion: spiritual power and steadiness arise from performing prescribed practice (vidhi) with sustained focus on the divine (Nārāyaṇa), emphasizing endurance, restraint, and fidelity to dharma.
The narrator states that the person in question performs extensive japa of Nārāyaṇa-related mantras in proper ritual fashion and remains for a thousand divine years at the hermitage of the sages Nara and Nārāyaṇa, indicating prolonged ascetic residence and practice.