Shloka 25
Draupadī’s Rebuke of Jayadratha and Dhaumya’s Admonition (Āraṇyaka-parva, Adhyāya 252)
जुद्वत्यग्नौ हवि: क्षीरं मन्त्रवत् सुसमाहिता: । ब्राह्मणा वेदवेदाड़पारगा: सुदृढव्रता:
Vaiśampāyana uvāca: juhvaty agnau haviḥ kṣīraṃ mantravat susamāhitāḥ | brāhmaṇā vedavedāṅgapāragāḥ sudṛḍhavratāḥ ||
तब दृढ़ व्रत का पालन करने वाले, वेद और वेदाङ्गों के पारंगत विद्वान ब्राह्मण एकाग्रचित्त होकर मन्त्रों के साथ प्रज्वलित अग्नि में घृत और खीर की आहुतियाँ देने लगे।
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
Dharmic action is shown as disciplined and inwardly focused: ritual is not mere outward performance but requires steadiness in vows, mastery of sacred knowledge, and a collected mind while acting in accordance with mantra and rule.
The narrator describes learned, vow-observant Brahmins performing a fire-sacrifice, offering ghee and milk-based oblations into the kindled fire while reciting mantras with concentrated attention.