तस्य कालेन महता तीव्रे तपसि वर्ततः । तमाश्रममनुप्राप्ता दस्यवो लोप्त्रहारिणः
tasya kālena mahatā tīvre tapasi vartataḥ | tamāśramamanuprāptā dasyavo loptrahāriṇaḥ
तो दीर्घकाळ तीव्र तपश्चर्येत रत असताना, लुटीचा माल चोरून नेणारे दस्यु त्या आश्रमात येऊन पोहोचले।
Deductive: Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) narrating
Tirtha: Aśoka-āśrama (Revā region)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Yudhiṣṭhira
Scene: Robbers carrying stolen valuables arrive at the hermitage while Māṇḍavya continues severe austerity, unmoved.
Even holy places may be approached by the unrighteous; dharma is tested when adharma comes near tapas.
The Revā (Narmadā) sacred region is the overarching tirtha-context; the immediate locus is a hermitage within it.
None explicitly; the verse continues the theme of sustained tapas.