Shloka 15
Vidura’s Message to Dhṛtarāṣṭra: Authorization for Dāna and Public Welfare (विदुरवाक्यम्—दानानुज्ञा)
द्वैपायनप्रसादाच्च त्वमपीदं तपोवनम् । राजन्नवाप्य दुष्प्रापां गतिमग्र्यां गमिष्यसि
Dvaipāyana-prasādāc ca tvam apīdaṃ tapovanam | rājan avāpya duṣprāpāṃ gatim agryāṃ gamiṣyasi, nareśvara ||
नारद उवाच—द्वैपायनप्रसादाच्च त्वमपि राजन्निदं तपोवनमवाप्तवान्। अत्र तपस्तप्त्वा दुष्प्रापां महतीं सिद्धिमाश्रित्य गतिमग्र्यां गमिष्यसि॥
नारद उवाच
Educational Q&A
Spiritual progress is enabled by both divine/saintly grace (Vyāsa’s prasāda) and personal discipline (tapas). Even a king, after fulfilling worldly duties, can attain the highest destiny by entering a life of austerity and inner purification.
Nārada addresses the king who has arrived at the tapovana (hermitage-forest). He explains that this arrival is due to Vyāsa’s grace and foretells that, by practicing austerities there, the king will attain a rare and supreme spiritual end.