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Shloka 426

Pāṇḍu’s Marriages, Conquests, and Triumphal Return (पाण्डोर्विवाह-विजय-प्रत्यागमनम्)

न हि मामव्रतोपेता उपेयात्‌ काचिदड़ना । विचित्रवीर्यकी स्त्रियोंको मेरे बताये अनुसार एक वर्षतक विधिपूर्वक व्रत (जितेन्द्रिय होकर केवल संतानार्थ साधन) करना होगा, तभी वे शुद्ध होंगी। जिसने व्रतका पालन नहीं किया है, ऐसी कोई भी स्त्री मेरे समीप नहीं आ सकती

na hi mām avratopetā upeyāt kācid aṅganā | vicitravīryakī striyo me batāye anusār ek varṣa tak vidhipūrvaka vrata (jitendriya hokar kevala santānārtha sādhana) karanā hogā, tabhī ve śuddha hoṅgī | jisne vratakā pālan nahīṃ kiyā hai, aisī koī bhī strī mere samīpa nahīṃ ā sakatī |

วยาสะกล่าวว่า “สตรีใดมิได้รับและรักษาพรตที่กำหนดไว้ ย่อมไม่อาจเข้าใกล้เราได้ ภรรยาของวิจิตรวีรยะต้องปฏิบัติพรตตามที่เราบอกให้ครบหนึ่งปีโดยเคร่งครัด—สำรวมอินทรีย์ มุ่งเพียงเพื่อให้ได้บุตร—แล้วจึงนับว่าเป็นผู้บริสุทธิ์ สตรีใดมิได้รักษาพรต ย่อมเข้ามาใกล้เราไม่ได้”

not
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
हिindeed/for
हि:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootहि
माम्me
माम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootअस्मद्
Formcommon, accusative, singular
अव्रत-उपेताone who has not undertaken a vow
अव्रत-उपेता:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootअव्रत-उपेत (उप + इ)
Formfeminine, nominative, singular
उपेयात्should come/approach
उपेयात्:
TypeVerb
Rootउप + इ
Formoptative (vidhiling), 3rd, singular, parasmaipada
काचित्any (some) woman
काचित्:
Karta
TypePronoun
Rootकिम् (काचित्)
Formfeminine, nominative, singular
अङ्गनाwoman
अङ्गना:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootअङ्गना
Formfeminine, nominative, singular

व्यास उवाच

V
Vyāsa
V
Vicitravīrya
V
Vicitravīrya’s wives (Ambikā, Ambālikā)

Educational Q&A

The passage stresses that major duties—especially those tied to lineage and social order—must be undertaken with discipline (vrata), self-restraint, and procedural correctness. Ethical fitness and ritual readiness are presented as prerequisites for approaching a revered sage and for performing a consequential act like sanctioned procreation.

Vyāsa sets conditions before engaging in the sanctioned procreative arrangement meant to continue the Kuru line after Vicitravīrya’s death. He declares that Vicitravīrya’s wives must first complete a year-long, rule-bound vow of self-control aimed solely at obtaining offspring; without this observance, they are not permitted to approach him.