Shloka 25
Adhyāya 90: Babhruvāhana’s Reception and the Commencement of Yudhiṣṭhira’s Aśvamedha
सभार्य: सह पुत्रेण सस्नुषस्तपसि स्थित: । बभूव शुक््लवृत्त: स धर्मात्मा नियतेन्द्रिय:
sabhāryaḥ saha putreṇa sasnuṣas tapasi sthitaḥ | babhūva śuklavṛttaḥ sa dharmātmā niyatendriyaḥ ||
वह अपनी पत्नी, पुत्र और पुत्रवधू के साथ रहकर तपस्या में संलग्न रहता था। वह ब्राह्मण शुद्ध आचार-विचार वाला, धर्मात्मा और जितेन्द्रिय था।
नकुल उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse praises dharma grounded in inner discipline: even while living with family, one can pursue tapas, maintain purity of conduct (śuklavṛtta), and restrain the senses (niyatendriya), making ethical self-mastery the basis of righteousness.
Nakula describes a Brahmin who, together with his wife, son, and daughter-in-law, lives in a family setting yet remains devoted to austerity and moral purity, characterized as righteous and self-controlled.