Shloka 29
Marutta Seeks a Priest: Bṛhaspati’s Refusal and Nārada’s Guidance to Saṃvarta
Chapter 6
यौगपलद्मेन विप्रश्न पुरीद्वारमथाविशत् । ततः स कुणपं दृष्टवा सहसा संन्यवर्तत,इसी समय विप्रवर संवर्त भी पुरीके द्वारपर आये; किंतु उस मुर्देको देखकर वे सहसा पीछेकी ओर लौट पड़े
yaugapaladmena vipraśna purīdvāram athāviśat | tataḥ sa kuṇapaṃ dṛṣṭvā sahasā saṃnyavartata ||
त्याच वेळी योगबलाने विप्रवर संवर्त नगरद्वारी आले; पण ते प्रेत पाहताच ते सहसा मागे फिरले।
व्यास उवाच
Educational Q&A
Even when one has great yogic capacity, dharma expresses itself as self-restraint and sensitivity to purity/impurity norms; power does not override ethical and ritual discernment.
A brahmin (contextually Saṃvarta) reaches and enters the city gate by yogic means, but on seeing a corpse lying there he immediately withdraws, turning back in sudden aversion.