Shloka 27
Nakula’s Counsel on Yajña, Dāna, and Tyāga (नकुलोपदेशः—यज्ञदानत्यागविचारः)
कुट॒म्बमास्थिते त्यागं न पश्यामि नराधिप । राजसूयाश्दमेधेषु सर्वमेधेषु वा पुन:,नरेश्वर! जिसपर कुट॒म्बका भार हो, उसके लिये त्यागका विधान नहीं देखनेमें आता है। उसे तो राजसूय, अश्वमेध अथवा सर्वमेध यज्ञोंमें प्रवृत्त होना चाहिये
kūṭambam āsthite tyāgaṁ na paśyāmi narādhipa | rājasūyāśvamedheṣu sarvamedheṣu vā punaḥ ||
اے نرادھپ! جس پر کنبے کی ذمہ داری کا بوجھ ہو، اُس کے لیے ترکِ دنیا کا حکم مجھے نظر نہیں آتا۔ بلکہ اسے راجسوئے، اشومیدھ یا پھر سروَمیدھ یَجْیَہ میں سرگرم ہونا چاہیے۔
नकुल उवाच
Educational Q&A
Renunciation is not presented as the primary path for someone bound by household responsibilities; instead, dharma is fulfilled through rightful action—especially prescribed public and royal duties such as major sacrifices—so that obligation, social order, and merit are upheld.
Nakula addresses a king (narādhipa), arguing within a broader Shānti Parva discussion on dharma that a householder should not abandon duties for renunciation, but should pursue sanctioned, duty-centered religious action exemplified by great Vedic sacrifices.