Shloka 26
Nārada’s Exempla of Tapas and Assurance to Dhṛtarāṣṭra (नारदोपदेशः—तपःसिद्ध्युदाहरणम्)
इस प्रकार श्रीमह्याभारत आश्रमवासिकपर्वके अन्तर्गत आश्रमवासपर्वमें विदुरका देहत्यागविषयक छब्बीसवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ
te ca sarve dvijaśreṣṭhā viṣṭareṣu samanantataḥ | dvaipāyanābhyanujñātā niṣedur vipulaujasaḥ ||
پھر دْوَیپایَن (ویاس) کی اجازت پا کر وہ سب برہمنوں میں افضل، عظیم روحانی قوت والے رشی چاروں طرف بچھے ہوئے آسنوں پر بیٹھ گئے۔
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
The passage highlights dharmic discipline in an āśrama setting: even great sages act in orderly fashion, seeking and receiving the elder’s permission (Vyāsa) before taking their places—modeling humility, respect for spiritual hierarchy, and communal decorum.
After the events surrounding Vidura’s departure from the body (noted as the chapter’s theme), the assembled Brahmin sages, with Vyāsa’s consent, sit on the prepared seats spread around, signaling a formal continuation or conclusion of the forest-assembly proceedings.