Shloka 4
Adhyāya 348: Nāga–Nīgabhāryā Saṃvāda on Anger, Hope, and Ethical Response
तस्मिन्नेवा श्रमे रम्ये तेपतुस्तप उत्तमम् | तत्पश्चात् वे विख्यात तपस्वी नर-नारायण ऋषि भी पुनः उसी रमणीय आश्रममें रहते हुए उत्तम तपस्यामें संलग्न हो गये ।।
tasminn eva śrame ramye tepuḥ tapa uttamam | tatpaścāt tu vikhyātau tapasvī nara-nārāyaṇau ṛṣī punar api tasmin ramye āśrame vasantaḥ uttama-tapasyāṃ saṃlagnau babhūvatuḥ || tvam api amita-vikrāntaḥ pāṇḍavānāṃ kulodvahaḥ ||
तस्मिन्नेवाश्रमे रम्ये तेपतुस्तप उत्तमम्। ततः पुनस्ते विख्याततपस्विनौ नरनारायणौ मुनि तस्मिन्नेव रम्येऽऽश्रमे निवसन्तौ परं तपः समास्थितौ॥ त्वमप्यमितविक्रान्तः पाण्डवानां कुलोद्वहः॥
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse elevates tapas (disciplined austerity) as a supreme means of ethical and spiritual refinement, and links personal excellence to responsibility—one who is powerful should also be a sustainer of dharmic lineage and conduct.
Vaiśampāyana describes Nara and Nārāyaṇa returning to a beautiful hermitage and resuming intense austerities; the address then turns to a listener praised as a mighty bearer of the Pāṇḍava family line.