Shloka 10
वनेषु मृगवासेषु व्याप्रविप्रोषितेषु च । दावाग्निविप्रयुक्तेषु शून्येषु गहनेषु च,इस क्रमसे माधवी वैदूर्यमणिके अंकुरोंके समान सुशोभित, कोमल, चिकनी, तिक्त, मधुर एवं हरी-हरी घास चरती, पवित्र नदियोंके शुद्ध, शीतल, निर्मल एवं सुस्वादु जल पीती और मृगोंके आवासभूत, व्याप्ररहित एवं दावानलशून्य निर्जन वनोंमें मृगोंके साथ वनचारिणी मृगीकी भाँति विचरण करती थी। उसने ब्रह्मचर्यपालनपूर्वक महान् धर्मका आचरण किया
vaneṣu mṛgavāseṣu vyāpraviproṣiteṣu ca | dāvāgniviprayukteṣu śūnyeṣu gahaneṣu ca ||
Nārada disse: Em florestas que eram refúgio de cervos—livres de perturbação humana e longe do alvoroço das atividades—fora do alcance de incêndios, vazias de povoações, profundas e recônditas, Mādhavī vivia como uma corça entre os cervos. Pastando brotos tenros e lisos de relva verde e bebendo a água pura, fresca, límpida e doce dos rios sagrados, ela vagava por aqueles bosques solitários. Assim, mantendo o brahmacarya (casta continência), praticava um dharma elevado.
नारद उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights dharma expressed through disciplined simplicity: choosing secluded, non-violent surroundings, living with purity and restraint, and upholding brahmacarya as a means to cultivate higher ethical conduct.
Nārada describes Mādhavī’s forest-dwelling: she moves among deer in remote, uninhabited, wildfire-free woods, sustains herself on tender grass and pure river-water, and lives a chaste, dharma-centered life.