Shloka 25
Yudhiṣṭhira’s Lament and Kṛṣṇa’s Rudra-Cosmogony Explanation (सौप्तिक पर्व, अध्याय १७)
तपसाधिगतं चाजन्न॑ प्रजार्थ मे पितामह । ओषध्य: परिवर्तेरन् यथैवं सततं प्रजा:
tapasādhigataṃ cājñaṃ prajārthaṃ me pitāmaha | oṣadhyaḥ parivarteran yathaivaṃ satataṃ prajāḥ ||
اے پِتامہہ! اپنی رعایا کی بھلائی کے لیے یہ حکم میں نے تپسیا کے ذریعے حاصل کیا ہے۔ جڑی بوٹیاں بار بار نئی ہو کر پلٹتی رہیں، تاکہ اس طرح لوگ ہمیشہ پھلتے پھولتے رہیں۔
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
Authority gained through tapas should be directed toward prajā-hita (the welfare of the people). The verse frames governance as protective and restorative—ensuring resources like healing herbs remain available so society can endure and recover.
The speaker reports a boon-like ordinance acquired through austerity and expresses (or relays) a wish that medicinal herbs continually regenerate, so that the population may be sustained without interruption.