Shloka 20
विविधानाश्रमान् कांश्रिद् द्विजातिभ्य: प्रतिश्रुतान् । सरांसि सरितश्नैव रमणीयांश्व॒ पर्वतान्
vividhān āśramān kāṁścid dvijātibhyaḥ pratiśrutān | sarāṁsi saritaś caiva ramaṇīyāṁś ca parvatān ||
Waiśampāyana berkata: Ia menunjukkan berbagai pertapaan—sebagian telah dijanjikan atau diperuntukkan bagi kaum dwija—beserta telaga, sungai, dan pegunungan yang elok dipandang.
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights dharma through fidelity to one’s pledges—especially obligations made toward the initiated and learned (dvijas)—and frames the natural and sacred landscape (āśramas, waters, mountains) as worthy of reverence and careful stewardship.
Vaiśampāyana narrates a description of the terrain and holy sites: various hermitages (including those designated or promised to dvijas), together with lakes, rivers, and pleasing mountains, are being indicated or enumerated as part of the journey and setting in the forest.