Shloka 33
Vyāsa’s Boon-Offer and Dhṛtarāṣṭra’s Remorse in the Forest Assembly (आश्रमवासिक पर्व, अध्याय ३६)
गड्ाकूले मया दृष्टस्तापसै: परिवारित: । स तानामन्त्रय तेजस्वी निवेद्यैतच्च सर्वश:
gaḍākūle mayā dṛṣṭas tāpasaiḥ parivāritaḥ | sa tān āmantrya tejasvī nivedyaitac ca sarvaśaḥ ||
ਨਾਰਦ ਨੇ ਕਿਹਾ: ਮੈਂ ਉਸਨੂੰ ਗਡਾ ਨਦੀ ਦੇ ਕੰਢੇ ਤਪੱਸਵੀਆਂ ਨਾਲ ਘਿਰਿਆ ਹੋਇਆ ਵੇਖਿਆ। ਉਹ ਤੇਜਸਵੀ ਪੁਰਖ ਉਨ੍ਹਾਂ ਤੋਂ ਵਿਦਾ ਲੈ ਕੇ, ਇਹ ਸਾਰਾ ਮਾਮਲਾ ਪੂਰੀ ਤਰ੍ਹਾਂ ਨਿਵੇਦਨ ਕਰਕੇ, ਅੱਗੇ ਵਧ ਗਿਆ।
नारद उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights disciplined communication and respectful conduct: one should inform others fully (sarvaśaḥ nivedya) and take proper leave (āmantrya), especially in a community of renunciants where truthfulness and propriety are central to dharma.
Nārada reports an eyewitness scene: a radiant figure is seen at the Gaḍā’s bank, surrounded by ascetics. The figure addresses them, conveys the matter in full, and then departs—marking a transition in the episode and indicating that actions are taken after due consultation and disclosure.