Shloka 7
Nakula’s Declaration and the Uñchavṛtti Brāhmaṇa’s Superior Merit (Āśvamedhika Parva, Adhyāya 92)
परिपृष्टिका वैधसिका: प्रसंख्यानास्तथैव च । यतयो भिक्षवश्चात्र बभूवु: पर्यवस्थिता:,उन महात्माके यज्ञमें अग्निके समान तेजस्वी होता थे। जिनमें फल, मूलका आहार करनेवाले, अभ्मकुट्ट*, मरीचिपः, परिपृष्टिकः, वैधसिकर्“ं और प्रसंख्याने* आदि अनेक प्रकारके यति एवं भिक्षु उपस्थित थे
vaiśampāyana uvāca |
paripṛṣṭikā vaidhāsikāḥ prasaṅkhyānās tathaiva ca |
yatayo bhikṣavaś cātra babhūvuḥ paryavasthitāḥ ||
ヴァイシャンパーヤナは語った。「そこには多くの修行者と托鉢者が集い、侍立していた。パリプリシュティカ（Paripṛṣṭika）、ヴァイダーシカ（Vaidhāsika）、そしてプラサンキヤーナ（Prasaṅkhyāna）と呼ばれる者たちもまた然り。祭場が聖なるのは儀礼の火のみゆえではなく、節制と簡素とダルマを身に体現する出離者たちの臨在によるのである。」
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights that a great rite is validated not only by external ritual performance but also by the presence of disciplined renouncers—yatis and bhikṣus—whose austerity, restraint, and truthfulness represent lived dharma.
Vaiśampāyana describes the sacrificial venue where numerous categories of ascetics and mendicants—named groups such as Paripṛṣṭikas, Vaidhāsikas, and Prasaṅkhyānas—have gathered and are standing in attendance, indicating the scale and sanctity of the occasion.