Shloka 34
Nakula’s Counsel on Yajña, Dāna, and Tyāga (नकुलोपदेशः—यज्ञदानत्यागविचारः)
छिन्ना भ्रमिव गन्तासि विलयं मारुतेरितम् । लोकयोरुभयोर्भ्रष्टो हुन्तराले व्यवस्थित:
chinnā bhramir iva gantāsi vilayaṁ māruteritam | lokayor ubhayor bhraṣṭo hy antarāle vyavasthitaḥ, prabho ||
ಗಾಳಿಯಿಂದ ಓಡಿಸಲ್ಪಟ್ಟ ಚಿದ್ರಗೊಂಡ ಮೇಘಸಮೂಹದಂತೆ ನೀವು ಲಯವನ್ನು ಹೊಂದುವಿರಿ; ಇಹಲೋಕ-ಪರಲೋಕ ಎರಡರಿಂದಲೂ ಭ್ರಷ್ಟನಾಗಿ ನಾನು ಮಧ್ಯಂತರದಲ್ಲೇ ಸ್ಥಿತನಾಗಿರುವೆನು.
नकुल उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse warns that abandoning prescribed duties and rites abruptly—without proper grounding—can leave one spiritually and socially unmoored, ‘fallen from both worlds,’ neither fulfilling worldly obligations nor attaining the stability of renunciation.
Nakula addresses a revered figure (‘prabhu’), expressing fear that if the addressee withdraws into renunciation/dissolution, Nakula himself will be left in a liminal state—like a wind-torn cloud—deprived of support in both worldly life and the hoped-for next world.