Mahabharata 3.116.20 — Vana Parva, Adhyaya 116, Shloka 20
Āraṇyaka Parva, Adhyāya 116: Jamadagni–Reṇukā Narrative and the Kārtavīrya Conflict
Akṛtavraṇa’s Account
तमाश्रमपदं प्राप्तमृषेर्भार्या समार्चयत् । स युद्धमदसम्मत्तो नाभ्यनन्दत् तथार्चनम्
tam āśramapadaṃ prāptam ṛṣer bhāryā samārcayat | sa yuddhamada-sammatto nābhyanandat tathārcanam ||
तमाश्रमपदं प्राप्तमृषेर्भार्या समार्चयत्। स युद्धमदसम्मत्तो नाभ्यनन्दत् तथार्चनम्॥
अकृतव्रण उवाच
Educational Q&A
Hospitality offered in a sacred setting should be met with gratitude and restraint; when martial pride (yuddhamada) overrides dharma, a person becomes incapable of honoring even rightful reverence, and power turns into wrongdoing.
A powerful visitor reaches a sage’s hermitage and is respectfully received by the sage’s wife, but he is so intoxicated with war-pride that he does not appreciate or accept the hospitality in the proper spirit, foreshadowing further violation of the āśrama’s sanctity.
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