Shloka 144
समन्तपञ्चक-आख्यानम् तथा अक्षौहिणी-प्रमाणनिर्णयः
Samantapañcaka Narrative and the Measure of an Akṣauhiṇī
अन्नौषधीनां च कृते पाण्डवेन महात्मना । द्विजानां भरणार्थ च कृतमाराधनं रवे:,महात्मा युधिष्ठिरने पहले अनुयायी ब्राह्मणोंक भरण-पोषणके लिये अन्न और ओषधियाँ प्राप्त करनेके उद्देश्यसे सूर्यभभगवान्की आराधना की
annauṣadhīnāṃ ca kṛte pāṇḍavena mahātmanā | dvijānāṃ bharaṇārthaṃ ca kṛtam ārādhanaṃ raveḥ ||
अन्न व औषधी मिळाव्यात आणि आश्रित द्विजांचे पालन-पोषण व्हावे म्हणून महात्मा पांडवाने सूर्यदेवाची आराधना केली.
राम उवाच
Educational Q&A
Dharma is expressed as responsible care: a ruler or householder should ensure the sustenance of dependents—especially guests and Brahmins—using righteous means. Devotion (ārādhana) is shown not as mere ritual, but as a way to fulfill ethical duties of support and welfare.
The Pāṇḍava (understood here as Yudhiṣṭhira) performs worship of the Sun (Ravi/Sūrya) to obtain provisions—food and medicinal herbs—so that the Brahmins who follow and rely on him may be maintained.