Shloka 426
Pāṇḍu’s Marriages, Conquests, and Triumphal Return (पाण्डोर्विवाह-विजय-प्रत्यागमनम्)
न हि मामव्रतोपेता उपेयात् काचिदड़ना । विचित्रवीर्यकी स्त्रियोंको मेरे बताये अनुसार एक वर्षतक विधिपूर्वक व्रत (जितेन्द्रिय होकर केवल संतानार्थ साधन) करना होगा, तभी वे शुद्ध होंगी। जिसने व्रतका पालन नहीं किया है, ऐसी कोई भी स्त्री मेरे समीप नहीं आ सकती
na hi mām avratopetā upeyāt kācid aṅganā | vicitravīryakī striyo me batāye anusār ek varṣa tak vidhipūrvaka vrata (jitendriya hokar kevala santānārtha sādhana) karanā hogā, tabhī ve śuddha hoṅgī | jisne vratakā pālan nahīṃ kiyā hai, aisī koī bhī strī mere samīpa nahīṃ ā sakatī |
Vyāsa disse: “Nenhuma mulher que não tenha assumido o voto prescrito pode aproximar-se de mim. As esposas de Vicitravīrya devem, como lhes determinei, observar por um ano inteiro votos disciplinados e regidos por regras—com autocontrole e com a intenção voltada apenas para a geração de descendência—só então serão consideradas purificadas. Qualquer mulher que não tenha guardado o voto não pode chegar perto de mim.”
व्यास उवाच
Educational Q&A
The passage stresses that major duties—especially those tied to lineage and social order—must be undertaken with discipline (vrata), self-restraint, and procedural correctness. Ethical fitness and ritual readiness are presented as prerequisites for approaching a revered sage and for performing a consequential act like sanctioned procreation.
Vyāsa sets conditions before engaging in the sanctioned procreative arrangement meant to continue the Kuru line after Vicitravīrya’s death. He declares that Vicitravīrya’s wives must first complete a year-long, rule-bound vow of self-control aimed solely at obtaining offspring; without this observance, they are not permitted to approach him.