Shloka 36
Sarasvatī–Tārkṣya Saṃvāda: Agnihotra-vidhi, Dāna-phala, and Mokṣa-prasaṅga (सरस्वती–तार्क्ष्यसंवादः)
व्यपेतमन्युर्व्यपनीतपाप्मा विहृत्य यत्रेच्छसि तत्र कामम् | ततः: प्रसिद्ध प्रथमं विशोक: प्रपत्स्यसे नागपुरं सुराष्ट्रम,“राजन! आप क्रोध, दीनता और दुःखसे दूर रहकर जहाँ-जहाँ आपकी इच्छा हो वहाँ- वहाँ घूम लीजिये। तत्पश्चात् शोकरहित हो अपनी प्रसिद्ध और उत्तम राजधानी हस्तिनापुरमें प्रवेश कीजियेगा”
vyapetamanyur vyapanītapāpmā vihṛtya yatrechasi tatra kāmam | tataḥ prasiddhaḥ prathamaṁ viśokaḥ prapatsyase nāgapuraṁ surāṣṭram |
Vaiśampāyana said: “With anger gone and the inner taint of sin removed, wander freely wherever your heart desires. Thereafter, foremost and free from grief, you shall enter your famed royal city—Nāgapura, the excellent realm, the celebrated capital.”
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse teaches that rightful return to stability—especially royal or social responsibility—should follow inner discipline: anger must be relinquished and moral taint cleansed; only then can one proceed sorrowlessly toward one’s proper station.
Vaiśampāyana reports counsel given to a kingly figure: first roam as desired to regain composure, free from wrath and dejection, and then return—renowned and grief-free—to the celebrated capital (named here as Nāgapura) and the well-ordered realm.