Mahabharata — Shalya Parva, Shloka 25
Baka Dālbhya at Avakīrṇa-tīrtha: Rāṣṭra-kṣaya and Release through Prasāda (Śalya-parva, Adhyāya 40)
असकृत्तस्य देवास्तु व्रतविध्नं प्रचक्रिरे
asakṛttasya devāstu vratavidhnaṁ pracakrire
வைசம்பாயனர் கூறினார்—ஆனால் தேவர்கள் மீண்டும் மீண்டும் அவன் விரத அனுஷ்டானத்திற்கு இடையூறுகளை ஏற்படுத்தி, அவன் தர்ம ஒழுக்கத்தின் போக்கைத் தடை செய்தனர்.
वैशग्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
Steadfastness in dharma is tested through repeated impediments; the verse highlights that true observance of a vow is proven not by ease but by endurance when obstacles—sometimes even divinely caused—arise.
The narrator reports that the gods repeatedly created hindrances to someone’s vrata (religious vow/discipline), indicating a sequence of trials meant to interrupt or test the continuity of the observance.
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