Shloka 54
Pāṇḍu’s Marriages, Conquests, and Triumphal Return (पाण्डोर्विवाह-विजय-प्रत्यागमनम्)
सा धर्मतो<नुनीयैनां कथंचिद् धर्मचारिणीम् | भोजयामास वितष्रांश्र देवर्षीनतिथींस्तथा
sā dharmato 'nunīyaināṁ kathaṁcid dharmacāriṇīm | bhojayāmāsa vīta-tṛṣṇān devarṣīn atithīṁs tathā ||
دھرم کو پیشِ نظر رکھ کر اُس نے کسی نہ کسی طرح اُس عورت کو—جو نیک راہ و رسم کی پابند تھی—سمجھا بجھا کر اس کام کے لیے آمادہ کیا۔ پھر اس نے برہمنوں کو، دنیاوی خواہش سے بے نیاز دیورشیوں کو اور مہمانوں کو بھی کھانا کھلایا—یوں مہمان نوازی اور دھارمک آداب کا فریضہ ادا ہوا۔
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
Dharma is upheld not only through major vows but through concrete acts: persuading others without coercion and honoring Brahmins, seers, and guests through proper hospitality. Ethical action is shown as alignment with righteous duty and social-religious responsibility.
The speaker narrates that a woman, guided by dharma, manages—though with difficulty—to persuade another righteous woman to agree to a certain course of action; afterward she performs the customary duty of feeding Brahmins, divine seers, and guests, emphasizing ritual propriety and hospitality.