Shloka 26
Nakula’s Counsel on Yajña, Dāna, and Tyāga (नकुलोपदेशः—यज्ञदानत्यागविचारः)
स रत्नानि विचित्राणि संहृतानि ततस्तत: । मखेष्वनभिसंत्यज्य नास्तिक्यमभिजल्पसि,इधर-उधरसे जो विचित्र रत्न संग्रह करके लाये गये हैं, उनका यज्ञोंमें वितरण न करके आप नास्तिकताकी बातें कर रहे हैं
sa ratnāni vicitrāṇi saṁhṛtāni tatastataḥ | makheṣv anabhisaṁtyajya nāstikyam abhijalpasi ||
इकडून-तिकडून जी विचित्र रत्ने गोळा करून आणली आहेत, ती यज्ञांत वाटून न देता आपण नास्तिकतेच्या गोष्टी बोलत आहात.
नकुल उवाच
Educational Q&A
Wealth gathered from many sources should be aligned with dharma through sacrificial giving and charitable distribution; hoarding while professing disbelief is portrayed as a moral contradiction and a failure of social-religious duty.
Nakula rebukes the addressee for collecting valuable gems but not allocating them for sacrificial rites, and then speaking in a manner that denies or disparages religious duty (nāstikya).