Shloka 15
Nārada’s Exempla of Tapas and Assurance to Dhṛtarāṣṭra (नारदोपदेशः—तपःसिद्ध्युदाहरणम्)
एवं स राजा धर्मात्मा परीत्याश्रममण्डलम् | वसु विश्राण्य तत् सर्व पुनरायान्महीपति:
evaṁ sa rājā dharmātmā parītyāśramamaṇḍalam | vasu viśrāṇya tat sarvaṁ punar āyān mahīpatiḥ ||
かくして法を体した王は、庵々の輪を巡って財をことごとく施し終えると、大地の主として再びドリタラーシュトラのアーシュラマへ帰った。この場面は、ダルマにより律せられた王権を示す。力は蓄財ではなく、敬意をもって訪れ、苦行の生活を送る者に惜しみなく施すことによって現れるのである。
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights dharmic kingship: a ruler’s virtue is shown through humility toward ascetic communities and through generous redistribution of wealth, treating resources as a trust to be shared rather than possessed.
Yudhiṣṭhira visits the surrounding hermitages, gives away the wealth he has brought, and then returns to the hermitage where Dhṛtarāṣṭra is staying.