Shloka 5
Sārasvata–Dadhīca Upākhyāna at Sarasvatī Tīrtha
Balarāma’s Pilgrimage Context
ब्रह्मचर्यरतो नित्यं सदा धर्मपरायण: । ततो<भ्येत्य महाभाग योगमास्थाय भिक्षुक:
brahmacaryarato nityaṃ sadā dharmaparāyaṇaḥ | tato 'bhyetya mahābhāga yogam āsthāya bhikṣukaḥ ||
ਵੈਸ਼ੰਪਾਯਨ ਨੇ ਆਖਿਆ—ਉਹ ਨਿੱਤ ਬ੍ਰਹਮਚਰਯ ਵਿੱਚ ਰਤ ਅਤੇ ਸਦਾ ਧਰਮਪਰਾਇਣ ਸੀ। ਫਿਰ ਉਹ ਮਹਾਭਾਗ ਯੋਗ ਦਾ ਆਸਰਾ ਲੈ ਕੇ ਭਿਖਸ਼ੂ ਵਾਂਗ ਜੀਵਨ ਬਿਤਾਉਣ ਲੱਗਾ।
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights ethical strength through sustained self-restraint (brahmacarya), unwavering commitment to dharma, and the adoption of yogic discipline—suggesting that inner governance and duty-oriented living are marks of true nobility.
The narrator describes an illustrious person who, after being firmly established in brahmacarya and dharma, approaches a situation/person and takes up a yogic, mendicant way of life—signaling a shift toward ascetic conduct and spiritual resolve.