Shloka 10
नारदकथितं माधव्याः तपश्चर्या–ययातेः स्वर्गविचारः | Nārada on Mādhavī’s Asceticism and the Scrutiny of Yayāti in Heaven
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Viśvāmitrāya dharmātman ṣaḍbhir aśvaśataiḥ saha | tato 'si gata-sammohaḥ kṛta-kṛtyo dvijottama ||
“ਧਰਮਾਤਮਾ, ਇਨ੍ਹਾਂ ਛੇ ਸੌ ਘੋੜਿਆਂ ਸਮੇਤ ਇਹ ਸਭ ਵਿਸ਼ਵਾਮਿਤ੍ਰ ਨੂੰ ਅਰਪਣ ਕਰ ਦੇ। ਤਦ, ਹੇ ਦਵਿਜ-ਉੱਤਮ, ਤੇਰਾ ਮੋਹ ਦੂਰ ਹੋ ਜਾਵੇਗਾ ਅਤੇ ਤੂੰ ਕ੍ਰਿਤਕ੍ਰਿਤ੍ਯ ਹੋ ਜਾਵੇਂਗਾ।”
नारद उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse emphasizes dharma as the completion of one’s pledged duty: when a rightful obligation is met—here, by delivering the promised offering to Viśvāmitra—inner turmoil (sammoha) subsides and one becomes kṛta-kṛtya, ‘having done what must be done.’
Nārada advises Gālava, who is striving to fulfill a difficult demand connected with Viśvāmitra, to present the six hundred horses (as obtained) to Viśvāmitra; doing so will end Gālava’s anxiety and complete his undertaking.