Shloka 93
Muñjavān on Himavat: Maheśvara’s abode, Śiva-stuti, and sacrificial gold
Chapter 8
न जरा क्षुत्पिपासे वा न मृत्युर्न भयं नृप । वहाँ न अधिक गर्मी पड़ती है न विशेष ठंढक, न वायुका प्रकोप होता है न सूर्यके प्रचण्ड तापका। नरेश्वर! उस पर्वतपर न तो भूख सताती है न प्यास, न बुढ़ापा आता है न मृत्यु। वहाँ दूसरा कोई भय भी नहीं प्राप्त होता है
na jarā kṣutpipāse vā na mṛtyur na bhayaṁ nṛpa |
Saṁvarta said: “O king, there is neither old age nor the afflictions of hunger and thirst; there is neither death nor fear. That mountain-abode is described as a realm free from the ordinary pressures that drive human conduct—where bodily need and existential dread do not compel action.”
संवर्त उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights an idealized state where basic bodily compulsions (hunger, thirst), decline (old age), and the ultimate threat (death) are absent; ethically, it points to freedom from fear and need as conditions that remove many causes of adharma and suffering.
Saṁvarta addresses a king and describes a wondrous mountain-like realm where ordinary human vulnerabilities do not operate—setting a tone of marvel and spiritual aspiration within the Ashvamedhika Parva’s broader post-war discourse.