Shloka 33
Adhyāya 90: Babhruvāhana’s Reception and the Commencement of Yudhiṣṭhira’s Aśvamedha
यवप्रस्थं तु त॑ं सक्तूनकुर्वन्त तपस्विन: । कृतजप्याद्विकास्ते तु हुत्वा चाग्निंयथाविधि
yavaprasthaṃ tu taṃ saktūn akurvanta tapasvinaḥ | kṛtajapyādvikās te tu hutvā cāgniṃ yathāvidhi
नकुल बोले— वे तपस्वी उस यवप्रस्थ से सक्तु (सत्तू) बनाते थे; और जप आदि नियत कर्म पूर्ण करके, विधिपूर्वक अग्नि में आहुति देते थे।
नकुल उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights disciplined living: simple food, completed recitation and observances, and ritual action performed strictly according to injunction—suggesting that inner restraint and orderly practice uphold dharma.
Nakula describes ascetics who subsist on a simple barley preparation, perform japa and related observances, and then offer oblations into the sacrificial fire in the proper prescribed manner.